oc
oc is the initialism of of course.
Meaning of course
Noun
course (plural courses)
- A sequence of events.
- The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- The course of true love never did run smooth.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!1958 September 6, Weasel While You Work, spoken by the Barnyard Dawg
- A learning programme
- Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.1992 August 21, Edwina Currie, Diary
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- I need to take a French course.
Noun (1) capitalized: OC
OC (countable and uncountable, plural OCs)
- Initialism of original content.
- Initialism of original character.
- One point that almost always seems to be overlooked every time the Mary Sue issue comes up is that #*not* all original characters are Mary Sues. Although there are those who think OCs should be kept out of fanfic, it is possible and acceptable to write OCs into your stories without deifying them.1999 October 28, Laura Taylor, “Re: Voyager Mary Sue Litmus Test”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet)
- Too often an OC tends to slip into a Mary Sue mould, but if it's well written, I have no problems with an OC as a protagonist of a fic.2005 February 3, Don Sample, “Re: Are OC's the kiss-of-death in BtVS fanfics?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet)
- Initialism of out of character.
- Synonyms:
- OOC
- Officer of the Order of Canada.
- Initialism of Officer Commanding.
- Initialism of office consultation.
- Initialism of office conference.
- Initialism of organizing committee.
- The union staff person works with the OC to assist in training, education, leadership development, etc.1994 October, Harneen Chernow, Andrea Demajewski, Herbst, “Understanding Unions, Class and Power”, in Gay Community News, page 3
- Initialism of oleoresin capsicum.
- Initialism of organizational climate.
- Initialism of overclock.
- Initialism of open captioning.
Proper noun capitalized: OC
OC
- Initialism of Old Chinese.
- Initialism of Orange County.
- Initialism of OxyContin.
Adjective (1) capitalized: OC
OC (comparative more OC, superlative most OC)
- Initialism of obsessive-compulsive.
- Initialism of on camera.
Adjective (2) capitalized: OC
OC (not comparable)
- Initialism of of color.
Noun (2) capitalized: Oc
Oc
Synonyms of oc
Forms of oc
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | OCs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more OC |
| superlative | most OC |
Words formed from oc
Phrases with oc
Words that rhyme with oc
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- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
Questions about oc
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oc (page history and authors); OC (page history and authors); Oc (page history and authors); course (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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