abs
Translingual
Symbol
abs
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
abs
- Abbreviation of abstract.
Noun
abs
- (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- Acronym of absolute temperature.
- (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.
Usage notes
(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.
Synonyms
Translations
abdominal muscles
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absolute function
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Verb
abs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of ab
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abs”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /abs/, [äps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abs/, [äbs]
Preposition
abs (+ ablative)
Usage notes
- This form is used almost exclusively with the second person singular pronoun (tē) in Old Latin up until the early Classical period as an archaicism, with Cicero hesitating between 'abs tē' and 'ā tē' until the latter won out in the final years of his life. The variant most likely became obsolete at the latest by the end of the Augustan era.
Livonian
Noun
abs
Portuguese
Etymology
Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).
Noun
abs m pl (plural only)
Interjection
abs
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging
- Synonym: bjs
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.
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