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Y , y /waɪ/ (plural Y’s, y’s) noun
[uncountable and countable] the 25th letter of the English alphabet
Y chromosome, Y-fronts

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Y, the /waɪ/ American English informal
the YMCA or YWCA:
    She was staying in a room at the Y.


YBrE /waɪ/ 🔊NAmE /waɪ/ 🔊 noun (also y) (
plural
Ys
, Y's, y's BrE /waɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /waɪz/ 🔊
)
[countable, uncountable] the 25th letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第 25 个字母'Year' begins with (a) Y/'Y'.year 一词以字母 y 开头。 [uncountable] (mathematics 数学) used to represent a number whose value is not mentioned (代表未知数)Can the value of y be predicted from the value of x? 能从 x 值推知 y 值吗?🔊🔊 [uncountable] a person, a number, an influence, etc. that is not known or not named 未知的人(或数、影响等);未指明的人(或数、影响等)Let's suppose X knows what Y is doing. 假设 X 知道 Y 正在干什么。🔊🔊   see also Y chromosome, Y-Fronts™
YBrE /waɪ/ 🔊NAmE /waɪ/ 🔊 abbreviationthe Y (NAmE, informal) YMCA, YWCA 基督教青年会;基督教女青年会
YBrE /waɪ/ 🔊NAmE /waɪ/ 🔊 symbolthe symbol for the chemical element yttrium (化学元素)钇