ABCs

See also: ABCS, abc's, and ABC's

English

Noun

ABCs

  1. plural of ABC

ABCs pl (plural only)

  1. (US, usually plural only, countable) The alphabet. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).][1]
    Do you know your ABC? (U.S.: Do you know your ABCs?)
  2. (obsolete, poetry) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.][1]
  3. (plural only) Letters; writing; the skill of literacy.
    He was busy learning his ABCs.
  4. The alphabet, especially the English alphabet.

Anagrams
  1. “ABCs” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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