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ss.

ss. is the abbreviation of scilicet.

Meaning of scilicet

Adverb

scilicet (not comparable)

  1. Namely, to wit, as follows.
    • As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January ejected him, here the scilicet may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before.1792, Dr. Burn's Law Dictionary, volume 2
  2. Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
  3. Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.

Noun (1) capitalized: SS.

SS.

  1. (plural) plural of S.
    • SS. Cyril and Methodius

Noun (2) capitalized: Ss.

Ss.

  1. (plural) plural of S. Saints

Questions about ss.

What is ss. the abbreviation of?
Ss. is the abbreviation of scilicet.
What part of speech is ss.?
Ss. is a noun.

Words near ss. in the dictionary

  1. SRW
  2. SRWs
  3. sry
  4. ss
  5. SS collar
  6. ss.
  7. ssa
  8. SSAA
  9. SSAD
  10. SSADM
  11. SSaDV

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ss. (page history and authors); SS. (page history and authors); Ss. (page history and authors); scilicet (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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