"OB" meaning in English

See OB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} OB (not comparable)
  1. Abbreviation of obstetric. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: obstetric
    Sense id: en-OB-en-adj-CMVAotel
  2. (golf) Initialism of out of bounds. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: out of bounds Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-OB-en-adj-J-8PzY2q Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. Abbreviation of obligatory. (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: obligatory (extra: (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-)) Derived forms: OB marker
    Sense id: en-OB-en-adj-5rzlj6YT
  4. Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: Old Babylonian
    Sense id: en-OB-en-adj-Klz~plfB

Noun

Forms: OBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} OB (countable and uncountable, plural OBs)
  1. (sports) Initialism of Olympic best. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Olympic best Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-OB-en-noun-xcAX6LMw Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (television, radio) Initialism of outside broadcast. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: outside broadcast Categories (topical): Radio, Television
  3. (television, radio) Initialism of outside broadcasting. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: outside broadcasting Categories (topical): Radio, Television
    Sense id: en-OB-en-noun-gQDFOM~a Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
  4. Initialism of old boy. (a male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: old boy (extra: a male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male)
    Sense id: en-OB-en-noun-l9zyiCLe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 13 11 9 6 3 23 1 1 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 7 12 15 7 3 2 25 1 1 15 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 8 14 10 9 2 2 28 0 0 10 1 1 1
  5. Abbreviation of obstetrician. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: obstetrician
    Sense id: en-OB-en-noun-aertUT6V
  6. Abbreviation of obstetrics. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: obstetrics
    Sense id: en-OB-en-noun-NEW2XLSv
  7. Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: Old Babylonian
    Sense id: en-OB-en-noun-Klz~plfB

Inflected forms

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          "radio",
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          "outside",
          "outside#English"
        ],
        [
          "broadcasting",
          "broadcasting#English"
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        "(television, radio) Initialism of outside broadcasting."
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          "CB radio",
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        {
          "ref": "1989, Contemporary Obstetrics-gynecology, volume 33, page 200:",
          "text": "One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives.",
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        "Abbreviation of Old Babylonian."
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          "Old Babylonian",
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        "(golf) Initialism of out of bounds."
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        "Abbreviation of Old Babylonian."
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.