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abt

abt is the initialism of all but thesis.

abt is the abbreviation of about.

Meaning of all but thesis

Noun

all but thesis (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often, academics) The status of a master's degree, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.
    Synonyms:
    abt

Meaning of about

Preposition

about

  1. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
    • The snake was coiled about his ankle.
  2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
    • Rubbish was strewn about the place.
  3. See about to.
  4. (dialectal, obsolete) On the point or verge of.
    • [It] was held, that the latter requirement was fulfilled by an affidavit declaring that "the defendant was about leaving the State permanently."1866, Charles Daniel Drake, A treatise on the law of suits by attachment in the United States, page 80
  5. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
    • He talked a lot about his childhood.
    Synonyms:
    apropos, as for
  6. Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
    • just going about their business

See all 27 meanings of about

Noun capitalized: ABT

ABT (plural ABTs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of atomic buffalo turd.
  2. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of American-born Taiwanese.
    • An insider/outsider from that uncanny island, stuck between the second generation ABT (American-born Taiwanese) with native fluency but little attachment to Taiwan, and the typical first generation FOB (Fresh off the Boat) immigrants with emotional ties but not enough English, I come with both a...2015, Sheng-mei Ma, The Last Isle: Contemporary Film, Culture and Trauma in Global Taiwan, London: Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., →ISBN, page 5

Proper noun capitalized: Abt

Abt

  1. A surname from German or Dutch.

Forms of abt

pluralABTs

Words formed from abt

Phrases with abt

Questions about abt

What does abt mean?
Abt means a surname from German or Dutch.
What is abt the initialism of?
Abt is the initialism of all but thesis.
What part of speech is abt?
Abt can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of abt?
The plural of abt is ABTs.

Words near abt in the dictionary

  1. abswurmbachites
  2. absynthe
  3. absynthes
  4. Absyrtus
  5. Absáalooke
  6. abt
  7. Abt system
  8. Abt systems
  9. abt.
  10. ABTA
  11. ABTC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abt (page history and authors); ABT (page history and authors); Abt (page history and authors); all but thesis (page history and authors); about (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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