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• ss
  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

On a prepared track, Chevy says, the Blazer SS will hit 60 mph in 3.4 seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The first explosion ignited a second explosion at a nearby Monsanto Chemical Co. plant and caused a fire on another ship, the SS Highflyer, which then exploded 16 hours later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

An artwork plundered by the Nazis from the world-famous Goudstikker collection has surfaced in the family of a notorious SS collaborator in the Netherlands, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told AFP Monday.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Tommy Thompson, 73, discovered millions of dollars' worth of sunken treasure from the 1857 wreckage of the SS Central America, also known as the Ship of Gold, off the coast of South Carolina in 1988.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

They stand outside and watch as four SS men exit the front doors, green files tucked under their arms, striding toward Grevenweg.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti