Usually means: Latin abbreviation for "for example."
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word EG:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. Eg, e.g: Merriam-Webster
  2. e.g: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. e.g: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Eg, e.g, eg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. e.g: Vocabulary.com
  6. EG, Eg, e.g, eg, eg, eg, eG: Wordnik
  7. e.g, eg: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. e.g, eg: Wiktionary
  9. Eg, e.g: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. e.g: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Eg: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. E.G, Eg, .eg, e.g, eg: Dictionary.com
  13. e.g, eg: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. E.G, EG (chess), EG (magazine), EG, E.g, Eg (Kristiansand), Eg, .eg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. e.g: Rhymezone
  16. EG, .eg, e.g: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. E.G: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. e.g: FreeDictionary.org
  19. e.g: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Eg, e.g, eg: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. eg: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. eg-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. e.g: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. EG: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  5. E.G: Legal dictionary
  6. EG, Eg: Financial dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Eg: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. eg: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. EG: Netlingo
  4. EG: CCI Computer
  5. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Eg, e.g, eg: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. e.g: Natural Health glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. E.G, E.G, EG: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. e.g: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  2. eg: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. e.g, eg: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. e.g: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (EG)

adverb:  Alternative form of e.g. [An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.]
noun:  (music) Initialism of envelope generator.
noun:  Abbreviation of ethylene glycol. [(organic chemistry) An organic compound, HO-CH₂-CH₂-OH, and the chemical structure at right. It is a clear, colorless liquid under normal conditions, and is widely used as a vehicle engine coolant due to its anti-freeze properties.]

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