ABC

¹

[ey-bee-see]

noun

plural

ABC's, ABCs 

1. ABC's.

ABC

²

abbreviation

1. Trademark.,  American Broadcasting Companies: a television and radio network.

2. atomic, biological, and chemical.

   ABC warfare.

A.B.C.

³

abbreviation

1. Advance Booking Charter.

2. Alcoholic Beverage Control.

ABC

¹

abbreviation

1. (formerly, of weapons or warfare) atomic, biological, and chemical

2. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

3. American Broadcasting Company

4. Audit Bureau of Circulation

5. Australian-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in Australia

6. American-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in the US

7. acceptable behaviour contract: a voluntary written agreement between someone who has been involved in anti-social behaviour and a local agency such as a housing association, council, or police

ABC

²

noun

1. (plural in US) the rudiments of a subject

2. an alphabetical guide to a subject

3. (often plural in US) the alphabet

Example Sentences

“Every note was about making it a college show and one exec said, ‘You should go home and watch “Greek,” the ABC Family show,’” Raiff recalls.

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As of this week, viewing ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” in its entirety would fill up roughly 19 sleepless days of your life.

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Under her firm hand, my classmates and I marched through our ABCs in unison, voicing each letter like an orchestra tuning for a show.

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ABC News was hard hit by a 6% staff reduction across the ABC TV network enacted in March by parent Walt Disney Co.

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The former ABC News personalities infamously found themselves at the center of controversy in December 2022, when several outlets reported they had engaged in a monthslong affair while they were still with their respective partners.

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