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ABC

(ā′bē-sē′)
n. often ABCs
1. The alphabet: learned her ABCs when she was three years old.
2. The rudiments of reading and writing.
3. The rudiments of a subject: taught the ABCs of geometry.
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ABC

n
1. (plural in US) the rudiments of a subject
2. an alphabetical guide to a subject
3. (often plural in US) the alphabet

ABC

abbreviation for
1. (Military) (formerly, of weapons or warfare) atomic, biological, and chemical
2. (Broadcasting) Australian Broadcasting Corporation
3. (Broadcasting) American Broadcasting Company
4. (Marketing) Audit Bureau of Circulation
5. (Peoples) Austral Australian-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in Australia
6. (Peoples) US American-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in the US
7. (Law) Brit acceptable behaviour contract: a voluntary written agreement between someone who has been involved in anti-social behaviour and a local agency such as a housing association, council, or police
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ABC

1. Advance Booking Charter.
2. Alcoholic Beverage Control.
3. American Broadcasting Companies (a television network).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:ABC - the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)]ABC - the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
basic principle, fundamental principle, fundamentals, basics, bedrock - principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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ABC

noun
2. alphabet, letters By this age children should be able to count to ten and recite their ABC.
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Translations
ألأَبْجَدِيَهالأُسُس
abecedazáklady
ABCalfabetbasisviden
frumatriîi, undirstöîuatriîistafrófiî
abėcėlėpagrindai
ābecealfabētspamati
abeceda
alfabe temel bilgi

ABC

[ˈeɪbiːˈsiː] N ABBR
1. (= alphabet) → abecé m
it's as easy or simple as ABC → es coser y cantar, es facilísimo
the ABC of Politics (as title) → el Abecé de la Política
2. (US) =American Broadcasting Company
3. (Australia) =Australian Broadcasting Commission
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ABC

1
n (lit, fig) → Abc nt; it’s as easy as ABC → das ist doch kinderleicht
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ABC

[ˌeɪbiːˈsiː]
1. n (Am) (also ABC's npl) → abbiccì m inv, alfabeto
as easy as ABC → facile come bere un bicchier d'acqua
2. n abbr =American Broadcasting Company rete televisiva americana
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ABC

(eibiːˈsiː) noun
1. the alphabet. The child has not learnt his ABC. alfabet ألأَبْجَدِيَه азбука alfabeto abeceda das ABC alfabet(et) αλφάβητο abecedario tähestik الفبا aakkoset alphabet הָאַלֶפבֵּית ककहरा abeceda ábécé abjad stafrófið alfabeto, abbiccì アルファベット 알파벳 abėcėlė alfabēts abjad abc alfabetet alfabet الفبا abc alfabet алфавит abeceda abeceda abeceda abc, alfabet ตัวอักษร alfabe 字母 абетка, алфавіт حروف تہجی bảng chữ cái 字母表
2. the simplest and most basic knowledge. the ABC of engineering. ABC الأُسُس основи fundamentos základy Grundlagen basisviden; ABC βασικές γνώσεις abecé algteadmised, a ja o اصول؛ مقدمات alkeet rudiments, b a ba יְסוֹדוֹת बुनियादी चीज temelj, osnova vminek az elemei pengetahuan dasar frumatriði, undirstöðuatriði abbiccì 基本 초보, 입문 abėcėlė, pagrindai ābece; pamati asas abc basiskunnskap; ABC podstawy, początki اصول، مقدمات rudimentos ABC-ul, elementele de bază основы základy osnovni pojmi osnovna uputstva o nečemu abc, grunder ข้อมูลพื้นฐานของบางสิ่ง temel bilgi 基礎或入門知識 основи, початки بنیادی علم kiến thức sơ đẳng 基础知识,入门
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