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    LS
    left side.
  • L.S.
    L.S.
    abbreviation
    Licentiate in Surgery.
  • ls
    ls
    abbreviation
    (on a document) the place of the seal

LS

1 American  
  1. left side.

  2. letter signed.

  3. library science.

  4. lightship.


L.S. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Licentiate in Surgery.

  2. Linnaean Society.

  3. the place of the seal, as on a document; locus sigilli. Also l.s.


LS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Lesotho (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ls 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. (on a document) the place of the seal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ls 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Lesotho

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ls

from Latin locus sigilli

Example Sentences

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Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

He said the committee also did not ignore lopsided losses: Two of Kansas’ seven Ls came in March to Texas, a No. 2 seed, by 16 and 20 points.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2023

“If we can string a couple wins together — and I think we’ve been playing good basketball, even with some of the Ls that we’ve had,” LeBron James said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023

“Our schedule gets no easier, so we have to get better quickly. If we don’t, the Ls are going to start piling up.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022

He pointed at the cop’s pad of paper and added: “Gots two Ls at the end of the first part, Rondell.”

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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