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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Gw |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GW | Danish | Republikken Guinea-Bissau | Geography |
GW | Dutch | Guinee-Bissau | Geography |
GW | English | Global Witness | N/A |
GW | Finnish | Guinea-Bissaun tasavalta | Geography |
GW | French | République de Guinée-Bissau | Geography, Law |
GW | German | Republik Guinea-Bissau | Geography |
GW | Greek | "ουινέα-Μπισσάου | Geography |
GW | Italian | Repubblica di Guinea-Bissau | Geography |
GW | Portuguese | Guiné-Bissau | Geography |
GW | Spanish | República de Guinea-Bissau | Geography |
GW | Swedish | Republiken Guinea-Bissau | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It is estimated that by 2010 there will be widespread use of FGD equipment for the power sector, with the capacity of 40 GW and a projected total investment of about $22 billion. (references) | |
KEPCO will make a decision on the technological standard by 2001. It is important to note that the potential of the Chinese IGCC market (110 GW by 2020) may largely affect KEPCO's decision. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "GW" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 65.52% of the time. "GW" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 65.52% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (common) | 24.14% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "GW": GW-Ada, GW-BASIC. | |
Ending with "GW": ex-gw. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "GW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Korean | 개릴라 . (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | gway | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GW": gweduc, gweduck, gweducks, gweducs. (additional references) | |
Words containing "GW": bagwig, bagwigs, bagworm, bagworms, bigwig, bigwigs, bogwood, bogwoods, cogway, cogways, cogwheel, cogwheels, dagwood, dagwoods, dogwatch, dogwatches, dogwood, dogwoods, figwort, figworts, gangway, gangways, hogwash, hogwashes, hogweed, hogweeds, kingwood, kingwoods, legwork, legworks, logway, logways, logwood, logwoods, longways, longwise, lugworm, lugworms, lungworm, lungworms, lungwort, lungworts, mugwort, mugworts, mugwump, mugwumps, ngwee, pigweed, pigweeds, ragweed, ragweeds. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "g-w" | |
+1 letter: wag, wig, wog. | |
+2 letters: gawk, gawp, glow, gnaw, gowd, gowk, gown, grew, grow, swag, swig, twig, wage, wags, whig, wigs, wing, wogs. | |
+3 letters: aglow, awing, bewig, gawks, gawky, gawps, gawsy, glows, gnawn, gnaws, gowan, gowds, gowks, gowns, growl, grown, grows, ngwee, owing, swage, swags, swang, swigs, swing, swung, twang, twigs, waged, wager, wages, wagon, waugh, wedge, wedgy, weigh, whang, whigs, wigan, wiggy, wight, wings, wingy, wodge, wrang, wring, wrong, wrung. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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