Meaning

4 senses
  1. (US, countable, plural, plural only, usually)The alphabet.

    Do you know your ABC? (U.S.: Do you know your ABCs?)

  2. (plural, plural only)Letters; writing; the skill of literacy.

    He was busy learning his ABCs.

  3. (plural, plural only)The alphabet, especially the English alphabet.

  4. (obsolete, plural, plural only)A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.

More definitions
  • a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

Examples

5 sentences
  1. These are the ABCs of communist anarchism.

  2. He's still struggling to learn his ABCs.

  3. He's still struggling to learn the ABCs.

  4. These are the ABCs.

  5. Here are the French ABCs.

Forms

plural: ABCses
SingularABCs
PluralABCses

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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