"SS" meaning in English

See SS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} SS (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of Subsaharan. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: Subsaharan Synonyms: SwSh Related terms: alimony, DSRV, DSV, CSS
    Sense id: en-SS-en-adj-jL7XJEZo

Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} SS
  1. Initialism of Schutzstaffel; from German SS. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Schutzstaffel (extra: from German SS)
    Sense id: en-SS-en-name-Ean4sPyZ Categories (other): Nazism
  2. Initialism of Subsahara, a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Subsahara (extra: a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert)
    Sense id: en-SS-en-name-bm0OPrKL Categories (other): Abbreviations of places, Geographic and cultural areas of Africa
  3. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: Pokémon Sword and Shield
    Sense id: en-SS-en-name--pw9SGr5 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pokémon Topics: lifestyle
  4. Initialism of South Sumatra, a province of Indonesia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: South Sumatra (extra: a province of Indonesia) Categories (place): Places in Indonesia, Provinces of Indonesia
    Sense id: en-SS-en-name-ab0GO0Xa Categories (other): Abbreviations of provinces of Indonesia, South Sumatra, Indonesia, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 10 4 17 2 2 0 10 1 1 1 5 5 10 3 3 1 10 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 7 10 4 19 2 1 1 8 1 1 1 4 4 9 2 3 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 11 5 20 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 4 4 9 2 2 1 11 1 4 0 0 0 3

Noun

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  1. Abbreviation of Saints. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Saints
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:Saints
  2. Initialism of social security. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: social security
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:social_security
  3. Initialism of secret service. or Initialism of Secret Service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: secret service (extra: or Initialism of Secret Service)
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:secret_service_or_Secret_Service
  4. Initialism of spousal support. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: spousal support
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:spousal_support
  5. Initialism of stainless steel. Wikidata QID: Q172587 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: stainless steel
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:Q172587
  6. (nautical) A shiptype
    Initialism of steamship.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: steamship Synonyms: S/S, S.S., S. S., S./S.
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:steamship Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  7. (nautical) A shiptype
    Initialism of screw steamer. (a screw-driven steamship)
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: screw steamer (extra: a screw-driven steamship)
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:screw_steamer Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  8. (nautical) A shiptype
    (US, Navy) Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine
    A conventionally-powered submarine
    Tags: Navy, US
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:subsurface;_subsurface_ship Categories (other): American English, Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  9. (nautical) A shiptype
    (US, Navy) Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine
    diesel-powered attack submarine
    Tags: Navy, US Synonyms: SSK
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:subsurface;_subsurface_ship1 Categories (other): American English, Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  10. (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:NATO_code_for_certain_surface_to_surface_missile_systems Categories (other): Astronautics, Military Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  11. (baseball) Initialism of shortstop. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: shortstop
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:shortstop Categories (other): Baseball Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  12. (computing) Initialism of screenshot. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: screenshot
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:screenshot Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  13. (statistics) Initialism of sum of squares. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: sum of squares
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:sum_of_squares Categories (other): Statistics Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  14. Initialism of Segawa syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Segawa syndrome
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:Segawa_syndrome
  15. (textiles) Initialism of side seam. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: side seam
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:side_seam Categories (other): Textiles Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  16. (fashion) Initialism of spring/summer; often followed by a year. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: spring/summer (extra: often followed by a year)
    Sense id: en-SS-en-noun-en:spring_and_summer Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Fashion Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Subsaharan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Subsaharan",
          "Subsaharan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "SwSh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "SS"
}

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