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s.a.

s.a. is the initialism of semiannual.

s.a. is the initialism of subject to approval.

s.a. is the initialism of sex appeal.

Meaning of semiannual

Adjective

semiannual (not comparable)

  1. Biannual: occurring twice a year
    Synonyms:
    twice-yearly

See all 2 meanings of semiannual

Meaning of sex appeal

Noun

sex appeal (uncountable)

  1. Sexual attractiveness.
    • He may be as thick as a plank, but he sure has some sex appeal.

Proper noun capitalized: S.A.

S.A.

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of South Africa.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of South America.

Adjective capitalized: S.A.

S.A. (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of sub anno.

Noun capitalized: S.A.

S.A. (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, dated, initialism) Initialism of sex appeal.

Questions about s.a.

What is s.a. the initialism of?
S.a. is the initialism of semiannual.
What part of speech is s.a.?
S.a. can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.

Words near s.a. in the dictionary

  1. S. Kor.
  2. S. No.
  3. S. O. S.
  4. S. of III Ch.
  5. S. of Sol.
  6. s.a.
  7. S.A.T.
  8. s.a.w.w.
  9. S.Afr.
  10. s.ap.
  11. s.c.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: s.a. (page history and authors); S.A. (page history and authors); semiannual (page history and authors); sex appeal (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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