abs
Translingual edit
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abs
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
abs
- Abbreviation of abstract.
Noun edit
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 edit
(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
abdominal muscles
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absolute function
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Verb edit
abs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of ab
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
abs (+ ablative)
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
abs
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).
Noun edit
abs m pl (plural only)
Interjection edit
abs
- (Internet slang, text messaging) used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging
- Synonym: bjs
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.
Scots edit
Noun edit
abs
References edit
- “abs, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.