"SG" meaning in English

See SG in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} SG
  1. (philately) Initialism of Stanley Gibbons, stamp dealer and catalogue publisher. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Stanley Gibbons, stamp dealer and catalogue publisher
  2. (comics) Initialism of Supergirl (“DC Comics superheroine”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Supergirl (extra: DC Comics superheroine)
    Sense id: en-SG-en-name-WRmf8heF Categories (other): Comics, DC Comics Disambiguation of DC Comics: 1 88 3 5 1 2 1 Topics: comics, literature, media, publishing
  3. Abbreviation of Southeast Sulawesi, a province of Indonesia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Southeast Sulawesi (extra: a province of Indonesia) Categories (place): Places in Indonesia, Provinces of Indonesia
    Sense id: en-SG-en-name-SyjKkh7W Categories (other): Abbreviations of provinces of Indonesia, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Fictional characters, Physical quantities, Superman Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 12 32 11 4 22 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 11 34 11 4 19 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 37 11 3 20 6 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 7 21 40 10 2 16 4 Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 8 11 44 11 3 18 5 Disambiguation of Superman: 14 17 21 15 9 16 8

Noun

Forms: SGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} SG (countable and uncountable, plural SGs)
  1. Initialism of Secretary General. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Secretary General
    Sense id: en-SG-en-noun-7gca-6ZC
  2. (physics) Initialism of specific gravity. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: specific gravity
    Sense id: en-SG-en-noun-Y3RJMzmb Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (basketball) Initialism of shooting guard. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: shooting guard
    Sense id: en-SG-en-noun-hjpgDHm7 Categories (other): Basketball Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (Philippines, colloquial) Initialism of security guard. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: security guard
    Sense id: en-SG-en-noun-wa4kFEu8 Categories (other): Philippine English

Inflected forms

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