ABC
nounEtymology
From Middle English abece, ABC, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.
- inherited from abece
Definitions
The English alphabet.
- Do you know your ABC? (US: Do you know your ABCs?)
A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
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The fundamentals of any subject.
- the ABC of finance
- This was the Alma Mater of the Brigade, where it learned its A B C of military tactics.
- At the same time I was endeavoring to learn the a-b-c of farming. It is not the kind of thing that is easily learned from books.
A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding…
A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
- "That will do. How are the trains for Netherhempsfield?" Greatorex put down the notebook and took up an "ABC."
Ellipsis of ABC store.
Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate…
Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
- I run my hands over his chest, assessing his ABCs: airway, breathing, circulation.
Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
- Pennsylvania is one of 18 alcoholic beverage control states, commonly known as “ABC states.” In an ABC state, the state government controls the sale and distribution of various alcoholic beverages, depending on state law.
Initialism of American-born Chinese.
- Everyone was Chinese. Some of the students were ABCs. That means "American-born Chinese." Others were FOBs. FOB means "fresh off the boat" and it is a bad insult. I didn't feel prejudiced about the FOBs because I was one of them.
Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
Initialism of activity-based costing.
- Activity-based costing is a powerful control tool. With ABC, the manager can access all departments and monitor the costs associated with any activity he or she wants to control.
Initialism of advance base camp.
Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
- ABC transporter
Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
Initialism of age-associated B cell.
Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
Abbreviation of abacavir.
Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
Initialism of artificial bee colony.
Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
- As a matter of fact, when numerically handling a model originally established on an unbounded domain, it is compulsory to impose the pertinent ABC to terminate the endless mesh while retaining a well-posed and stable simulation.
Initialism of abstract base class.
- Abstract base classes (ABCs) represent an interesting paradox. […] It is instructive to think of ABCs as tools rather than as part of the product.
- Most ABCs in the collections.abc module exist to formalize interfaces that are implemented by built-in objects and are implicitly supported by the interpreter—both of which predate the ABCs themselves.
Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition.
Initialism of alien big cat.
Initialism of active body control.
Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television…
Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
- “The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
- It was not worth while to go back to Barnes for the interval between the closing of the Museum and his meal in an ABC shop, and the time hung heavily on his hands.
- He turned into an A.B.C. shop and ordered eggs and bacon and coffee.
Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
- The first was the Asian Games, held every 4 years, and the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC), held every 2 years.
- The most memorable championship of his life, the 1967 ABC (now Fiba Asia), was also the most dramatic for the Philippines in the entire 1960s.
- The now FIBA Asia Cup was previously called as the FIBA Asia Championships and the older Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championships.
Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest…
Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
- ABC countries
Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities…
Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in…
Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican…
Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
Initialism of atomic, biological and chemical, the three main categories of weapon of…
Initialism of atomic, biological and chemical, the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
Initialism of already been chewed.
Initialism of activated B-cell-like.
Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as…
Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in…
Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left…
Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
Initialism of anything but Conservative.
A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ABC. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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