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
Livonian
Noun
abs
Portuguese
Etymology
Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).
Noun
abs
Interjection
abs
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.
Synonyms
- (used as a goodbye) bjs
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