"NHS" meaning in All languages combined

See NHS on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: NHS [canonical], the NHS [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=~}} NHS or the NHS
  1. (British) Initialism of National Health Service. Tags: British, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Health Service
    Sense id: en-NHS-en-name-RBYfkUwR Categories (other): British English
  2. (US) Initialism of National Highway System. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Highway System
    Sense id: en-NHS-en-name-vfoPiGVS Categories (other): American English
  3. (US) Initialism of National Honors Society. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Honors Society
    Sense id: en-NHS-en-name-gmaj6S9A Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 18 36 13 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 13 49 7 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 56 6 22

Noun [English]

Forms: NHSes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} NHS (plural NHSes)
  1. (US) Initialism of National Historic Site. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Historic Site
    Sense id: en-NHS-en-noun-bp3zkNz~ Categories (other): American English

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} NHS (uncountable)
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of national high school. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: national high school
    Sense id: en-NHS-en-noun-Un8XqYYl Categories (other): Philippine English

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "NHS",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the NHS",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "def": "~"
      },
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      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 294:",
          "text": "Thank god for the NHS, because if I had to pay for these sessions myself I wouldnʼt get close to halfway to recovery before bankrupting myself.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Initialism of National Health Service."
      ],
      "id": "en-NHS-en-name-RBYfkUwR",
      "links": [
        [
          "National Health Service",
          "w:National Health Service"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) Initialism of National Health Service."
      ],
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        "British",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "National Highway System"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of National Highway System."
      ],
      "id": "en-NHS-en-name-vfoPiGVS",
      "links": [
        [
          "National Highway System",
          "w:National Highway System (United States)"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) Initialism of National Highway System."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "National Honors Society"
        }
      ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 18 36 13 22",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 13 49 7 22",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "Initialism of National Honors Society."
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        "(US) Initialism of National Honors Society."
      ],
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        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "NHS"
}

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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "word": "National Historic Site"
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        ],
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          "Historic",
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        ],
        [
          "Site",
          "site#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(US) Initialism of National Historic Site."
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        "US",
        "abbreviation",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "NHS"
}

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    }
  ],
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words without vowels",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "the NHS",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
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        }
      ],
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        "Initialism of National Health Service."
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          "word": "National Honors Society"
        }
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        "Initialism of National Honors Society."
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          "National Honors Society",
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        "(US) Initialism of National Honors Society."
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words without vowels",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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          "site#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(US) Initialism of National Historic Site."
      ],
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        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "NHS"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
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    "English words without vowels",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "NHS"
}

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