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EDC

EDC is the initialism of expected date of confinement.

EDC is the initialism of everyday carry.

EDC is the initialism of electronic data capture.

EDC is the initialism of endocrine disruptor chemical.

EDC is the initialism of ethylene dichloride and 1.

EDC is the initialism of European Defense Community.

Meaning of expected date of confinement

Noun

expected date of confinement (plural expected dates of confinement)

  1. (dated) Synonym of due date (“the date on which a pregnant female is expected to give birth”).
    Synonyms:
    due date

Meaning of everyday carry

Noun

everyday carry (uncountable)

  1. The set of various useful items which someone takes with them every day, such as a mobile phone, watch, multitool, and others, and usually viewed as including any keyring and wallet.
    • Gorka has a longstanding and well-documented interest in guns. He told Recoil magazine in November that his "everyday carry" includes two pistols, a knife, a tourniquet – and for good measure – a copy of the US constitution.2018 January 18, Jamiles Lartey, “Sebastian Gorka was White House aide while a fugitive from Hungarian justice”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    EDC

Verb

EDC (third-person singular simple present EDCs, present participle EDCing, simple past and past participle EDCed)

  1. (back-formed from the noun sense) To carry every day; to carry daily.
    • Many people love EDCing a utility knife in addition to their multitool.
    • Should you EDC a bit kit? It may depend on your occupation and on what else is competing to earn a place in your sheath.
    Synonyms:
    everyday-carry

Synonyms of EDC

Forms of EDC

Noun
pluralEDCs
Verb
third-person singular presentEDCs
present participleEDCing
past participleEDCed
pastEDCed

Questions about EDC

What does EDC mean?
EDC means to carry every day; to carry daily.
What is EDC the initialism of?
EDC is the initialism of expected date of confinement.
What part of speech is EDC?
EDC is a verb.
What is the past tense of EDC?
The past tense of EDC is EDCed.

Words near EDC in the dictionary

  1. Edberg
  2. Edbergs
  3. Edblad
  4. Edblads
  5. edblr
  6. EDC
  7. EDCA
  8. EDCed
  9. EDCing
  10. EDCs
  11. EDCT

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Adapted from Wiktionary: EDC (page history and authors); expected date of confinement (page history and authors); everyday carry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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