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ABC's

ABC's is the plural of ABC.

Meaning of ABC

Noun

ABC (countable and uncountable, plural ABCs or ABC's)

  1. (US, plural, usually) The English alphabet.
    • Do you know your ABC? (US: Do you know your ABCs?)
    Synonyms:
    absey, alphabet
  2. (obsolete) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
  3. (obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
  4. The fundamentals of any subject.
    • the ABC of finance
  5. A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
  6. (UK) 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."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

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Questions about ABC's

What is ABC's the plural of?
ABC's is the plural of ABC.

Words near ABC's in the dictionary

  1. ABC party
  2. ABC soil
  3. ABC soils
  4. ABC store
  5. ABC stores
  6. ABC's
  7. ABCA
  8. abcaree
  9. abcauline
  10. ABCB
  11. ABCCC

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