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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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| Noun | 1. |  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
1. basics, principles, elements, essentials, fundamentals, rudiments the ABC of Marxism
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Translations
ألأَبْجَدِيَهالأُسُس
abecedazáklady
ABCalfabetbasisviden
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abėcėlėpagrindai
ābecealfabētspamati
abeceda
alfabetemel bilgi
ABC
[ˈeɪbiːˈsiː] N ABBR1. (= 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
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
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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
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) noun1. the alphabet. The child has not learnt his ABC.
2. the simplest and most basic knowledge. the ABC of engineering.
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