Ab

¹

[ ahb, ahv ]

noun

1. Av.

AB

²

abbreviation for

1. Nautical. able seaman.
2. airborne.
3. U.S. Air Force. Airman Basic.
4. Alberta, Canada (approved for postal use).
5. antiballistic; antiballistic missile.

A.B.

³

abbreviation for

1. Bachelor of Arts.

Ab

⁴

Symbol.

1. Chemistry. alabamine.
2. Immunology. antibody.

AB

⁵

Symbol, Physiology.

1. a major blood group usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of type AB and to receive blood from persons of type O, A, B, or AB.

A.B.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. Nautical. able seaman.
2. Baseball. (times) at bat. Also a.b.

ab-

⁷

1. a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”:

   abdicate; abolition.

ab.

⁸

abbreviation for

1. about.
2. Baseball. (times) at bat.

ab-

¹

prefix

1. away from; off; outside of; opposite to

   abaxial

   abnormal

   aboral

AB

²

abbreviation for

1. Alsoa.b. able-bodied seaman
2. (in the US) Bachelor of Arts
3. (esp in postal addresses) Alberta (Canada)

symbol for

1. a human blood type of the ABO group, containing both the A antigen and the B antigen

ab-

³

prefix

1. denoting a cgs unit of measurement in the electromagnetic system

   abvolt

Ab

⁴

/ æb /

noun

1. a variant of Av

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ab¹

< New Latin, Medieval Latin Artium Baccalaureus

Origin of Ab²

< Latin ab (preposition and prefix) from, away, cognate with Greek apó, Sanskrit ápa, German ab, English of ¹, off

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ab¹

from Latin ab away from

Origin of Ab²

abstracted from absolute

Example Sentences

“Ab Welsh, who was a forward with the Saskatoon Quakers was the first one,” Howe said.

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Manning the flight was Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the 50-year-old pilot, and his 27-year-old first mate Officer Fariq Ab Hamid.

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On 27 July 2013, AB Neubauer reported that she was sexually assaulted the previous evening.

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An AB is a muscle found on magazine covers, an AD in the mag says Virginia's For Lovers.

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The ABT has a saying on the inside, “If you ever disrespect the AB, we will make sure you leave in a body bag.”

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Aunty Rosa sat him upon a table and told him that A B meant ab.

From Project Gutenberg

Ab eo igitur tpore Patres nostros perhumaniter habuit, atque honorific in omnibus, mensque benign accepit.

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I do not think that Lancelot was ab origine the hero of a variant of this popular and widely-spread folk-tale.

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Et idem Johannes nullam partem artium prædictarum ab apprenticio suo concelabit.

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Such slaves were called in general terms librri, more accurately serv ab epistols, serv man, or manunss.

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