See ABC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Initialism of always be charging; a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time."
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"qualifier": "electric vehicles",
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"(electronics, electric vehicles, automotive) Initialism of always be charging; a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time."
],
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"abbreviation",
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"initialism"
],
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"automotive",
"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics",
"transport",
"vehicles"
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"word": "anything but Conservative"
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"(Canadian politics) Initialism of anything but Conservative."
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 14 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Anglicanism",
"en:Computer languages",
"en:Organizations"
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"etymology_text": "Like QWERTY, the name is based on the first letter keys.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ABCD",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ABCDE",
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"alternative"
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}
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"A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English."
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}
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