"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)
    Sense id: en-AB-en-name-PraQQl79 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks

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, Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-57rVPN8w Disambiguation of Military ranks: 2 5 3 1 1 5 20 0 0 6 5 1 1 1 7 7 13 12 10 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 5 4 5 1 5 13 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 13 11 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 4 1 2 4 13 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 8 8 14 14 12
  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
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-IzWekFHL
  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
  11. (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: adult baby Categories (topical): ABDL, Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-9HKCnLoy Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 5 4 5 1 5 13 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 13 11 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 4 1 2 4 13 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 8 8 14 14 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 4 2 0 0 1 9 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 9 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 11 0 4 1 1
  12. Initialism of asymmetric bars. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: asymmetric bars Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-gzcTD6-0 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 5 4 5 1 5 13 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 13 11 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 4 1 2 4 13 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 8 8 14 14 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 4 2 0 0 1 9 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 9 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 11 0 4 1 1
  13. (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A kind of halal snack pack. Tags: Australia, countable Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-AB-en-noun-dQ0yYC~O Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 2 5 4 5 1 5 13 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 6 6 13 11 11 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 4 1 2 4 13 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 8 8 14 14 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: AR, HB, HR, SB, SR

Inflected forms

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        "Initialism of Artium baccalaureus."
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        "Initialism of afterburner."
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        "(military, aviation) Initialism of airbase."
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        "Abbreviation of alkylbenzene."
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        "(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene."
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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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        "A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.",
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        "A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.",
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          "word": "adult baby"
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        "English initialisms",
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        "Initialism of adult baby."
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        "(ABDL) Initialism of adult baby."
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        "Initialism of asymmetric bars."
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        "A kind of halal snack pack."
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        "(Australia, Adelaide, countable) A kind of halal snack pack."
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        "Initialism of airborne."
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        "Initialism of antiballistic."
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        "(baseball) Initialism of at bat."
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}

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