abd

¹

1. abdomen.

2. abdominal.

ABD

²

Or A.B.D.

abbreviation

1. all but dissertation: applied to a person who has completed all requirements for a doctoral degree except for the writing of a dissertation.

abd.

³

abbreviation

1. abdicated.

2. abdomen.

3. abdominal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abd¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

"Thank God for the ceasefire, the end of bloodshed and killing," Abdul Majeed abd Rabbo, a man in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, was quoted as saying by Reuters.

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"Mohamed was small compared to his team-mates, but he was doing things even the older boys couldn't manage," Ghamry Abd El-Hamid El-Saadany says as he points to the artificial pitch which is now named in Salah's honour.

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From a displacement camp in southern Gaza's al-Mawasi, Abd al-Fatah Hussein told BBC News over WhatsApp that the situation is getting worse due to the number of people in the area.

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The IDF said that earlier in the week strikes in the area of Khan Younis had killed Yahya Fathi Abd al-Qader Abu Shaar, the head of Hamas' weapons smuggling network.

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He now winced at the memory of pushing his father — 69-year-old Abd Rabbo Abu Daqqa, who has Parkinson’s disease and cannot walk on his own — through the rubble-strewn streets in a dilapidated wheelchair as dawn broke on Tuesday.

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