"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
    Sense id: en-AB-en-adj-g4iryEl- Categories (other): Baseball 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-prop}} AB
  1. Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Alberta (extra: a province of Canada) Categories (place): Places in Canada
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-lP7qI5VD Categories (other): Abbreviations of provinces and territories of Canada, Alberta, Canada, Provinces and territories of Canada Coordinate_terms: BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT
  2. Initialism of Artium baccalaureus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Artium baccalaureus
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-O7iV2JFb
  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) Synonyms: 12
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-PraQQl79
  4. Initialism of Anheuser-Busch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Anheuser-Busch
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-0REsRufq

Noun

Forms: ABs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} AB (countable and uncountable, plural ABs)
  1. Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: able seaman or able-bodied seaman
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-~RbJUQws Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Military ranks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 5 1 0 2 7 11 0 0 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 14 15 8 Disambiguation of Military ranks: 0 5 3 1 1 2 5 16 1 1 10 5 1 1 1 7 7 12 13 7
  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
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-pL9DnFK0 Categories (other): Aviation, Military Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  5. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: alkylbenzene
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-kMOtUh3M Categories (other): Organic chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  6. (medicine) Initialism of antibody. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: antibody
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-pO9eClZl Categories (other): Medicine 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 Related terms (assembly bill): AR, HB, HR, SB, SR
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-nGUvBy2q Categories (other): Law, Politics Topics: government, law, politics Disambiguation of 'assembly bill': 5 1 1 10 4 1 1 62 4 4 2 5 1
  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
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-IzWekFHL Coordinate_terms: A, B, O, A+, B+, AB+, O+, A-, B-, AB-, O-
  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
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-QV5NEQV4 Coordinate_terms: A, B, O, A+, B+, AB+, O+, A-, B-, AB-, O-
  11. (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: adult baby
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-9HKCnLoy Categories (other): ABDL, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Paraphilias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 5 1 0 2 7 11 0 0 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 14 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 3 2 0 0 1 5 7 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 5 9 9 5 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 9 0 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 1 5 3 1 1 2 6 10 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 25 13 7
  12. Initialism of asymmetric bars. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: asymmetric bars
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-gzcTD6-0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 5 1 0 2 7 11 0 0 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 14 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 3 2 0 0 1 5 7 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 5 9 9 5 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 9 0 3 1 1
  13. (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce. Tags: Australia, countable
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-3CxsUkhJ Categories (other): Australian English

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019 July 25, Paul R. La Monica, “Good news for the king of beer: People are drinking more”, in CNN Business:",
          "text": "Shares of AB InBev (BUD) soared nearly 6% after the Budweiser, Bud Light and Stella Artois owner reported solid sales and earnings.",
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        "(ABDL) Initialism of adult baby."
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Download raw JSONL data for AB meaning in English (10.4kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Australia, Adelaide, countable",
  "path": [
    "AB"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "AB",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Australia, Adelaide, countable",
  "path": [
    "AB"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "AB",
  "trace": ""
}

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