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Ab

1 American  
[ahb, ahv] / ɑb, ɑv /

noun

  1. Av.

Ab 2 American  
Symbol.

  1. Chemistry. alabamine.

  2. Immunology. antibody.

AB 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Nautical. able seaman.

  2. airborne.

  3. U.S. Air Force. Airman Basic.

  4. Alberta, Canada (approved for postal use).

  5. antiballistic; antiballistic missile.

AB 4 American  
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.

ab- 5 American  

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

    abdicate; abolition.
ab. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. about.

  2. Baseball. (times) at bat.

A.B. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Arts.

A.B. 8 American  

abbreviation

  1. Nautical. able seaman.

  2. Baseball. (times) at bat. Also a.b.

AB 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Also: a.b..  able-bodied seaman

  2. (in the US) Bachelor of Arts

  3. (esp in postal addresses) Alberta (Canada)

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symbol

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

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Ab 2 British  
/ æb /

noun

  1. a variant of Av

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ab- 3 British  

prefix

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

    abnormal

    abaxial

    aboral
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ab- 4 British  

prefix

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

    abvolt
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Etymology

Origin of ab-5

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

Origin of A.B.7

< New Latin, Medieval Latin Artium Baccalaureus

Example Sentences

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The testosterone-based view of Ab Ex is entrenched, but recent scholarship has focused attention elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Saunders and Dame Joanna both won Baftas for their portrayals of PR boss Edina and retired model Patsy, respectively, in the popular 1990s British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous - aka Ab Fab.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

So it felt like Ab to Abby was a very cute jump.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

The Taliban’s Transportation and Civil Aviation Ministry said in an online statement the plane was found in the district of Kuf Ab district, near the Aruz Koh mountain.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

If I find my uncle, Ab Sheehan, he might give me some of his Friday night fish and chips, but they tell me in the cafe he came and went already.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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