ABC

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, countable, plural, uncountable, usually) The English alphabet.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
4. (countable, uncountable) The fundamentals of any subject.
5. (countable, uncountable) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
6. (UK, countable, uncountable) A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.

Name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
8. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, initialism, often) Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
14. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
15. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
16. An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
17. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.

Adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of atomic, biological and chemical, the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, slang) Initialism of already been chewed.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of activated B-cell-like.

Phrase

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
4. (Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of anything but Conservative.

Synonyms

alphabet

primer

rudiments

basics

rudiment

elements

fundamentals

first principle

ABC book

ABCs

ABC’s

abecedarium

first rudiment

automatic bandwidth control

automatic bias control

automatic blade control

automatic brightness control

atomic

101

abacavir

Absolute Binary Code

American Bibliographic Center

Atanasoff - Berry Computer

augmented bibliographic citation

basic point

A-B-C

abecedary

automatic background control

advance booking charter

aggregate base course

letter

element

biological

spelling book

abc

Translations

abc

🔤

alfabeto

ABC

alfabeto

alphabet

abecedario

ABC

Alphabet

abecé

alfabet

ABC

ABC

ABC

🔤

alphabetum

alfabeto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eɪ biː ˈsiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: abece

In summary

From Middle English abece, ABC, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.