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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

Add 160s to get the s’s to the right.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

"They were Kentucky guys with beautiful, perfect-pitch harmonies and great diction. All those vowels and consonants, those s's and t's, every one of them killed me," he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2014

It’s thin and high-pitched, with elongated vowels and extra-sibilant s’s — the voice of a crooner more than a sportscaster.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012

The President-Elect pondered s's and c's, and answered: "D-e-s-s-i-c-a-t-e."

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s meant to be ‘Egress,’ with two s’s.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau