A.B

Specialty Definition: A.B

Domain	Definition
Literature	A.B (See Able.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: A.B

Specialty definitions using "A.B": A.B.C, A.B.C. Process. (references)

Non-English Usage: "A.B" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (B.A., Bachelor of Arts).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: A.B

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
A.B	Latin	Artium Baccalaureus	Education
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: A.B

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Teaching	Exercise, task; curriculum; course, course of study; grammar, three R's, initiation, A.B.C.; (beginning).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: A.B

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Film o knjizi A.B.C. (1962)

The Terrible Two - A.B.S. (1915)

Kulang pa 'yun) A.B. normal college (Todo na 'yan (2003)

A.B.C.D.T.O.P.O.L. (2002)

Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving) (1978)

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Commercial Usage: A.B

Domain	Title
References	Boss Media A.B. (publ): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) A.B. Watley Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) A.B.C. Learning Centres Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) AssiDomän A.B. (publ): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Elekta A.B. (publ): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	The A.B.C. Warriors: The Black Hole (reference) A.B.C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet (reference) Gemeindefürbitten und Einführungsworte für alle Sonntage und Feste der Lesejahre A.B.C (reference) A.B. Vajpayee An Eloquent Speaker and a Visionary Parliamentarian (reference) Alexander Lindsay, A rutter of the Scottish Seas circa 1540 : abridged version of a manuscript by by A.B. Taylor ; edited by I.H. Adams and G. Fortune (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: A.B

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Acrylic painting of a pair of king eiders set against a backdrop of subarctic tundra by Nancy Howe, Rte. 1, Box 402, East Dorset, Vermont 05253. Ms. Howe is the first woman to design a Federal Duck stamp. She has an A.B. in art from Vermont's Middlebury College and has been painting since childhood. Married with two young sons, she accompanies her husband waterfowl hunting, and has helped him train a retriever. An active member of Ducks Unlimited, Howe has exhibited her work with that organization as well as in numerous other art shows. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.		John S. Davis, M.D. / A.B. Walter eng'd. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	A Practical Lecture on the Digestive Organs!! : by the Eccentric Doctor, A.B.E. Knee - Thigh. / Doctor Cruikshank del et fecit. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Toledo Scale Company, Precision Laboratory Group. Bird's eye view of factory development model for a 1929 project for an industrial laboratory complex] / A.B. Bogart, photographer, N.Y.C. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Tourists riding bicycles] / A.B. Frost. Credit: Library of Congress.		Man with cigar ice skating] / A.B.F. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Rev. Dr. Dalcho / painted by C. Fraser ; eng. by A.B. Durand. Credit: Library of Congress.		Skagway and A.B. Mountain / Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Str. Peter A.B. Widener. Credit: Library of Congress.		Str. A.B. Wolvin. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: A.B

Author	Quotation
A.b. Alcott	That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
A.b. Evans	Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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Non-Fiction Usage: A.B

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	India	The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single-largest party in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) elections in September 1999. The BJP currently leads a coalition government under Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee. (references)
	Venezuela	Major third-country investors in Venezuela include AGA A.B., Allied-Lyons Netherlands B.V., Anglo-American, Atlas Copco Venezuela, Bayer, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, British American Tobacco, BHP, Ciba-Geigy, Citadel Corp., Fiat, Grupo Infisa, Grupo Santander, Guinness Distillers, Hitachi de Venezuela, Hoechst, Kobe Steel, Marubeni, Mitsubishi Corp., Nestle, Panasonic, Parmalat, Pfizer, Placer Dome, Shell, Showa Denko K.K., Siderar S.A., Siemens, Sony, Sumitomo Aluminum, Toyota, The Unilever Group, Usiminas, The Vestrey Group, and Wella. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: A.B

"A.B" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "A.B" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (common)	100%	9	117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: A.B

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
a.b quintanilla	27	a.b quintanilla los kumbia king	3
a.b quintanilla y los kumbia king	23	a.b.c dredd from judge robot	3
a.b.s allen by schwartz	18	a.b king kumbia quintanilla	3
a.b chance	12	a.b lucas school secondary	3
a.b.c	12	a.b dr.james drury	3
a.b lambdin	11	a.b.c news	3
a.b miller high school	11	a.b company corliss	2
a.b dick	7	a.b farquhar	2
allen schwartz of a.b.s	6	a.b lamdin	2
a.b degree	5	a.b chance co	2
a.b	5	a.b.c kid	2
a.b king kumbia los y	5	a.b.quintanilla king kumbia los y	2
a.b simpson	4	a.b dick company	2
a.b.c mp3	4	a.b frost	2
a.b drury james	4	a.b miller	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: A.B

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters ".-a-b"
	-1 letter: ab, ba.
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