"NES" meaning in English

See NES in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɛn iː ɛs/
Head templates: {{en-prop}} NES
  1. Initialism of News Election Service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: News Election Service
    Sense id: en-NES-en-name-JorVuXaG
  2. Initialism of National Election Studies. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Election Studies
    Sense id: en-NES-en-name-CgVWPJqn
  3. Initialism of Nortel Energy Saver. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Nortel Energy Saver
    Sense id: en-NES-en-name-viZBfFuJ
  4. (Canada) Initialism of National Employment Service of Canada). Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Employment Service of Canada)
    Sense id: en-NES-en-name-kq2TdB2w Categories (other): Canadian English
  5. Abbreviation of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
    Sense id: en-NES-en-name--qYjlqWT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 1 4 15 32 30 12

Noun

IPA: /ɛn iː ɛs/ Forms: NESes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} NES (countable and uncountable, plural NESes)
  1. Initialism of night eating syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: night eating syndrome Related terms: SNES [video-games], Nintendo [video-games]
    Sense id: en-NES-en-noun-kgVuURIv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 1 4 15 32 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 1 4 15 40 13 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 1 3 23 37 12 19
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of native English speaker. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: native English speaker
    Sense id: en-NES-en-noun-S4zXRyu0 Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 1 4 15 32 30 12 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (video games) Initialism of Nintendo Entertainment System. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Nintendo Entertainment System
    Sense id: en-NES-en-noun-E1a9oqQH Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Nintendo Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 1 4 15 32 30 12 Disambiguation of Nintendo: 3 1 1 3 3 14 5 68 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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