"AB" meaning in English

See AB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} AB (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of airborne. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: airborne
    Sense id: en-AB-en-adj-~kyZrrpF
  2. Initialism of antiballistic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: antiballistic
    Sense id: en-AB-en-adj-HTi~TD9s
  3. (baseball) Initialism of at bat. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: at bat Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-AB-en-adj-g4iryEl- Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: AB language, fast yellow AB

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} AB
  1. Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Alberta (extra: a province of Canada)
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-zsFsH1Ep
  2. Initialism of Artium baccalaureus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Artium baccalaureus
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-O7iV2JFb Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. Initialism of Aryan Brotherhood, a US white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Aryan Brotherhood (extra: a US white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate) Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-PraQQl79 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 4 6 8 2 10 8 4 1 7 7 8 1 1 9 9 5 7 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 32 55

Noun

Forms: ABs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} AB (countable and uncountable, plural ABs)
  1. Initialism of able seaman; able-bodied seaman. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: able seaman (extra: able-bodied seaman) Categories (topical): Military ranks
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-57rVPN8w Disambiguation of Military ranks: 5 4 3 2 1 13 24 3 1 18 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 4 2 1 3 7 19 4 0 6 6 4 1 1 12 12 1 16
  2. Initialism of afterburner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: afterburner
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-UR0Lh36d
  3. Initialism of aid to the blind. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: aid to the blind
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-CV5SbaHw
  4. (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: airbase Categories (topical): Aviation, Military
  5. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: alkylbenzene Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-kMOtUh3M Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  6. (medicine) Initialism of antibody. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: antibody Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-pO9eClZl Topics: medicine, sciences
  7. Initialism of artificial breeding. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: artificial breeding
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun--hbsQ-h~
  8. (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: assembly bill Categories (topical): Law, Politics
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-nGUvBy2q Topics: government, law, politics
  9. A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-IzWekFHL Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 4 6 8 2 10 8 4 1 7 7 8 1 1 9 9 5 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 4 2 1 3 7 19 4 0 6 6 4 1 1 12 12 1 16
  10. A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
    (countable) A person with this blood type.
    Tags: countable Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-QV5NEQV4 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 4 6 8 2 10 8 4 1 7 7 8 1 1 9 9 5 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 4 2 1 3 7 19 4 0 6 6 4 1 1 12 12 1 16
  11. (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: adult baby Categories (topical): ABDL
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-9HKCnLoy
  12. (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A kind of halal snack pack. Tags: Australia, countable
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-dQ0yYC~O Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 4 2 1 3 7 19 4 0 6 6 4 1 1 12 12 1 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: AR, HB, HR, SB, SR

Inflected forms

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        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
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        "Initialism of afterburner."
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        "English initialisms"
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        "Initialism of artificial breeding."
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        "Initialism of assembly bill."
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        "(law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill."
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        "Initialism of adult baby."
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        "English countable nouns"
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        "A kind of halal snack pack."
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        "Initialism of airborne."
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        "abbreviation",
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        "Initialism of at bat."
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}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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