Complete Definition of "ABC"

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English

initialism
ABC

  1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  2. wikipedia:American_Broadcasting_Company|American Broadcasting Company
  3. (Japan) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
  4. Alcoholic Beverage Control
  5. context|of chewing gum Already been chewed
  6. (Business Management) w:Activity-based costing|Activity-Based Costing
  7. w:American-born Chinese|American-born Chinese
  8. African Basketball Confederation
  9. ABC (B), a Belgian car market
  10. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
  11. Aural brevity code
  12. Military Atomic, Biological and Chemical
  13. American Book Center
  14. ABC ( Brazil ) An acrostic for Saint Andre, Saint Bernardo and Saint Caetano, satellite cities around Sao Paulo City , a very important industrial area.

Etymology
The first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-ABC.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. (US also ABCs) uncountable The alphabet.

#: Do you know your ABCs?

  1. obsolete A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
  2. (not used in the plural) The rudiments of any subject.

#: the ABC of finance

Synonyms
i-c|rudiments basics, fundamentals, rudiments

Translations
trans-top|alphabet
Albanian: alfabet
Dutch: ABC n, alfabet n
French: alphabet m
Italian: alfabeto m
trans-mid
Lithuanian: alphabet#Lithuanian|alphabet m
Norwegian: abc, alfabet n
Russian: ал�ави� (alfavít) m, азб�ка#Russian|азб�ка (ázbuka) f
Swedish: ABC#Swedish|ABC n, alfabet n
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trans-top|obsolete: primer for learning the alphabet
Albanian: abetare
trans-mid
Russian: азб�ка (ázbuka) f, б�ква�� (bukvár�) m
Swedish: abc-bok c
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trans-top|rudiments
Dutch: ABC n
French: abc m invariable
Latin: abecedaria f
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Portuguese: abecedario
Russian: азб�ка#Russian|азб�ка (ázbuka) f
Swedish: abc n
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Derived terms
ABC book

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