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  • LS
    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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Council art collections include works by notable artists like Tracey Emin, David Hockney, LS Lowry and Antony Gormley.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

LS Securities upgrades the stock to buy from hold and raises its target price to 187,000 won from 126,000 won.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

NRG is aiming to close its own significant expansion in early 2026, finalizing a nearly $12 billion acquisition of a portfolio of natural gas-generation facilities from energy infrastructure company LS Power Equity Advisors.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

Their spending included almost £1m on home, garden and stable improvements, £185,000 on art, including a pencil sketch by the artist LS Lowry, and £26,000 on private jet hire.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025

CUT TO: LS of block engaged in normal activity.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers

It soon becomes clear that all of the paintings, which include a drawing by English painter L.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Less well known in the U.S. than in his native England, L.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

How a soccer painting sold for $8.75 million: L.S.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

The Ayres clock has been located at that corner since 1936 and was named for the L.S.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2020

Hobbs secon' 'sistant vice Pres'den' D. 'n' L.S.

From Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson

A call for the British Museum to return Chinese artefacts after the recent theft of about 2,000 items ls heating up social media in the country.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023

In Spanish, double ls are pronounced like y.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023

Simpson, wearing a Bills wool hat, recalled how the Bills went 1-17 against Miami during his career in Buffalo, spanning 1969-77, before adding, "My Bi ls are going to kick their butts today."

From Fox News ● Oct. 31, 2021

Simpson, wearing a Bills wool hat, recalled how the Bills went 1-17 against Miami during his career in Buffalo, spanning 1969-77, before adding, “My Bi ls are going to kick their butts today.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021

It's also a good bit smaller.            $ gunzip mysamplefile.gz; ls -l    This uncompresses the file.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen

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