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  ss

  (in prescriptions) a half.
• SS
  SS

  Schutzstaffel.
• ss.
  ss.

  abbreviation

  to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).
• SS.
  SS.

  abbreviation

  Saints.
• S/S
  S/S

  abbreviation

  same size.
• S.S.
  S.S.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) in the strict sense.

ss

¹ American  

Or ss

1. (in prescriptions) a half.

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SS ² American  

1. Schutzstaffel.

2. social security.

3. steamship.

4. supersonic.

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ss. ³ American  

Or SS.

abbreviation

1. to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).

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ss. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. sections.

2. Baseball. shortstop.

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SS. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Saints.

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SS. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Schutzstaffel.

2. See ss.

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S/S ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. same size.

2. Medicine/Medical. signs and symptoms.

3. spreadsheet. Also s/s

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S.S. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) in the strict sense.

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S.S. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Schutzstaffel.

2. steamship.

3. Sunday School.

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SS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. a paramilitary organization within the Nazi party that provided Hitler's bodyguard, security forces including the Gestapo, concentration camp guards, and a corp of combat troops (the Waffen-SS) in World War II

2. steamship

3. Sunday school

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SS. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Saints

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SS Cultural  

1. An elite corps of combat troops (SS is short for Schutzstaffel, which is German for “protective shield”) formed originally within the German Nazi party as a bodyguard for Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders and led by Heinrich Himmler. During the 1930s, Hitler steadily expanded the responsibilities of the SS to include the suppression of his political opponents within Germany and the persecution of the Jews (see also Jews). The SS supervised the concentration camps.

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Etymology

Origin of ss¹

From the Latin word sēmis

Origin of ss.³

From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”

Origin of SS.⁵

From the Latin word sānctī

Origin of S.S.⁸

From Latin sēnsū strictō

Example Sentences

Let him remember that the s.s. has too long loved laissez faire, too dutifully sent boyish proxies to do a man's job, too complacently made a religion of benignity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty minutes later the Wiggle ran alongside the gangway of the s.s.

From The Keepers of the King's Peace by Wallace, Edgar

The sun had already set as the s.s.

From Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by Tetley, William C.

I left Cooktown in the E. and A. Company's s.s.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)

The measurements, to some extent discrepant, are given by Dr. Charles Forbes, Mr. Philip Hervey, and the passengers of s.s.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir