ABC.
The English alphabet.
Meaning & usage
The English alphabet.
A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
The fundamentals of any subject.
the ABC of finance
A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
Ellipsis of ABC store.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English abece, ABC, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.
Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
ABC countries
Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
Where this word comes from
Initialisms.
A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
Where this word comes from
Like QWERTY, the name is based on the first letter keys.
Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
Initialism of American-born Chinese.
Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
Initialism of activity-based costing.
Initialism of advance base camp.
Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
ABC transporter
Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
Initialism of age-associated B cell.
Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
Abbreviation of abacavir.
Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
Initialism of artificial bee colony.
Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
Initialism of abstract base class.
Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition.
Initialism of alien big cat.
Initialism of active body control.
Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
Where this word comes from
Initialisms.
Initialism of atomic, biological and chemical, the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
Initialism of already been chewed.
Initialism of activated B-cell-like.
Where this word comes from
Initialisms.
Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
Initialism of anything but Conservative.
Where this word comes from
Initialisms.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.