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A B C

Definition: A B C

A B C

1. The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.

2. A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.

3. The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: A B C

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

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Modern Usage: A B C

DomainUsage

Song Titles

A B C (performing artist: The Jackson Five)

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

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Commercial Usage: A B C

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dr. Seuss's A B C (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) (reference)

  • A B C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet (reference)

  • Bear Loves Letters!: A B C (Bear in the Big Blue House(Hardcover)) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Invitation to Poland (ES) DVD Volume A B C - Episode 1-15 (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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

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Use in Literature: A B C

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: A B C

Expression using "A B C": A B C book. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: A B C

Language Translations for "A B C"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

a b c. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

alapfokú ismeretek (a.b.c., abc, alphabet), abc (a.b.c., abc, alphabet), közért (a.b.c., abc, alphabet), ábécé (a.b.c., ABC, alphabet, basics, criss-cross-row, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alfabeto (a.b.c., ABC, alphabet, basics, elements, fundamentals, illiterate, rudiments). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aay bay cay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

alfabeto (a.b.c., abc, alphabet, basics, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), abecedario (a.b.c., abc, abc book, abecedarian, hornbook), abecé (a.b.c., abc, alphabet, basics, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), viejo (a.b.c., abc, aged, antique, dry, elder, elderly, governor, greybeard, guv, lost, mustiness, old, old man, old time, old timer, old-aged, olden, old-established, oldster, ole, stale, used), simple (a.b.c., abc, artless, bare, mere, plain, simple, simple minded, single, straightforward), principio (a.b.c., abc, beginning, birth, commencement, front, inception, initiation, opening, outset, principle, rule, setout, start, tenet), primitivo (a.b.c., abc, aboriginal, early, initial, original, primaeval, primal, primeval, primitive), escritura (a.b.c., abc, cuneiform, deed, document, hand, handwriting, indenture, instrument, script, scripture, writ, writing), bruto (a.b.c., abc, beast, brute, brutish, coarse, crude, currish, gross, raw, sod, stupid). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

bảng chữ cái khái niệm cơ sở. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: A B C

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cab.

Words within the letters "a-b-c"

-1 letter: ab, ba.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c"
 

+1 letter: bach, back, cabs, carb, crab, scab.

 

+2 letters: abaca, abaci, aback, acerb, bacca, backs, bacon, banco, baric, basic, batch, beach, becap, black, brace, brach, bract, cabal, cabby, caber, cabin, cable, cabob, carbo, carbs, carob, ceiba, cobia, cobra, crabs, rabic, scabs, scuba.

 

+3 letters: abacas, abacus, abbacy, abduce, abduct, abject, abulic, amebic, arabic, aucuba, baccae, bached, baches, backed, backer, backup, bacons, bacula, bancos, bardic, basics, beachy, beacon, becalm, became, becaps, bicarb, biface, bipack, blacks, blanch, bleach, bobcat, boccia, bonaci, boxcar, braced, bracer, braces, brachs, bracts, branch, breach, broach, buccal, buckra, cabala, cabals, cabana, cabbed, cabbie, cabers, cabins, cabled, cables, cablet, cabman, cabmen, cabobs, camber, cambia, carbon, carbos, carboy, caribe, carobs, casaba, casbah, ceibas, chabuk, cobalt, cobias, cobras, combat, confab, corban, crabby, crambe, crambo, cubage, cymbal, fabric, hubcap, iambic, mobcap, rubace, sacbut, scabby, scarab, scubas, tambac, tombac.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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