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Definition y in American English

y noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/waɪ/
1

the 25th letter of the English alphabet. Y is a consonant.

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2

used in mathematics for showing a number whose value you do not know

Example

In the following equation, Y equals 12.

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Definition y in American English