ARC

Abbreviation

ARC (countable and uncountable, plural ARCs)

1. (publishing) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
   • 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 90:

     “One of them came up to me in a signing line and asked for a blurb,” says Jen. “Can you believe it? Title I’ve never heard of, from some small press I’ve never heard of, and she comes up to me with a bound ARC, beaming, like of course I’m going to say yes.”

2. (pathology) Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
3. (programming, uncountable) Acronym of Automatic Reference Counting.

ARC

1. Initialism of American Red Cross.

Spanish ARC

ARC

1. (nautical, military) The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).

ARC (not comparable)

1. (nautical, military, initialism) ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.

• CAR, CRA, Car, RAC, RCA, acr-, car, rac-

ARC f

1. (Canada, military, aviation) Abbreviation of Aviation royale canadienne; RCAF (“Royal Canadian Air Force”)

   Synonyms: FAC (Force aérienne du Canada), Aviation roayle canadienne

   Hypernyms: FAC (Forces armées canadiennes), FC (Forces canadiennes)

2. (Canada, finanace) Abbreviation of Agence du revenu du Canada (“Revenu Canada”).; CRA (“Canada Revenue Agency”), Revenue Canada

   Synonyms: Agence du revenu du Canada, Revenu Canada

• Aviation royale canadienne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• Agence du revenu du Canada on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

• A.R.C., A. R. C.

ARC

1. (military, nautical) ARC; ship prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia

ARC

1. (military, nautical) ARC; Abbreviation of Armada de la República de Colombia.

• English: ARC

• Armada de la República de Colombia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es