ABCs
English
Noun
ABCs pl (plural only)
- (US, usually plural only, countable) The alphabet. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).][1]
- Do you know your ABC? (U.S.: Do you know your ABCs?)
- (obsolete, poetry) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.][1]
- (plural only) Letters; writing; the skill of literacy.
- He was busy learning his ABCs.
- The alphabet, especially the English alphabet.
References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ABCs”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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