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ABCs

ABCs is the plural of ABC.

Noun

ABCs pl (plural only)

  1. (US, countable, plural, plural-only, usually) The alphabet.
    • Do you know your ABC? (U.S.: Do you know your ABCs?)
  2. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
  3. (plural, plural-only) Letters; writing; the skill of literacy.
    • He was busy learning his ABCs.
  4. (plural, plural-only) The alphabet, especially the English alphabet.

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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Proper noun capitalized: ABCS

ABCS

  1. The callsign for the Ceduna station of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Questions about ABCs

What does ABCs mean?
ABCs means the alphabet.
What is ABCs the plural of?
ABCs is the plural of ABC.
What part of speech is ABCs?
ABCs can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near ABCs in the dictionary

  1. Abcott
  2. abcoulomb
  3. abcoulombs
  4. ABCP
  5. ABCPs
  6. ABCs
  7. abd
  8. Abd al-Masih
  9. Abd al-Qadir
  10. Abd al-Qadirs
  11. Abd Allah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ABCs (page history and authors); ABCS (page history and authors); ABC (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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