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• ABC
  ABC

  noun

  ABC's.
• A.B.C.
  A.B.C.

  abbreviation

  Advance Booking Charter.

ABC

¹ American  

[ey-bee-see] / ˈeɪˌbiˈsi /

noun

ABC's, plural ABCs plural

1. ABC's.

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ABC ² American  

abbreviation

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

2. atomic, biological, and chemical.

   ABC warfare.

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A.B.C. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Advance Booking Charter.

2. Alcoholic Beverage Control.

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ABC ¹ British  

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

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ABC ² British  

noun

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

2. an alphabetical guide to a subject

3. (often plural in US) the alphabet

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ABC's
  plural
• ABCs
  plural

Example Sentences

It appears to be curtains again for “All My Children,” the soap opera that ran four decades on ABC before being canceled, then resurrected as an Internet series.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

That ABC is running spots critical of a government agency shows how antagonistic the relationship between the network and the FCC has become.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

ABC’s campaign regarding the FCC’s potential challenge of its broadcast licenses, which also started Monday, is running only on the eight television stations ABC owns, including in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Threatened Species Commissioner Fion Fraser said authorities would know "within a few days" if the virus was present in any other animal populations in Australia, according to a report by the national broadcaster, the ABC.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

"And who's finished up the better off? Me, of course. I'm sitting pretty in a nice house with a successful businessman and you're left slaving away teaching a lot of nasty little children the ABC."

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl