abs

Abbreviation of English Ambonese.

abs

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ambonese Malay.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambonese Malay terms

Clipping of English absolute value.

abs

1. (mathematics) absolute value

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• IPA^(key): /æbz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æbz

abs

1. Abbreviation of abstract.

abs

1. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]
2. Acronym of absolute temperature.
3. (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

• abdominal muscles
• abdominals

abs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

• B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”). Originally used before words starting in voiceless plosives [k] and [t], just like the prefix variant abs-.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈabs]

abs (+ ablative)

1. (Old Latin) alternative form of ab
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam 1.16:

     Quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

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• This form is used almost exclusively with the second-person ablative singular pronoun (tē) in Old Latin up until the late Republican period as an archaicism, with Cicero switching between abs tē and ā tē until the latter won out in the final years of his life. The variant most likely became obsolete at the latest by the Augustan period.
• Older Latin authors have used this preposition with the possessive (tuus) also, albeit rarely.

abs

1. inessive singular of ab

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

abs m pl (plural only)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) hugs
   • 2014, Mônica d'Olliveira, Rodopios: Antologia, Editora Filhos do Vento, →ISBN, page 19:

     Te cutuco no FB
     Pq quero
     Abs e bjs

     I poke u on FB
     Cuz I want
     X’s & o’s

abs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging

   Synonym: bjs

abs

1. plural of ab