ABC
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- noun
- /ˌeɪ biː ˈsiː/
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abecedario
- Instant feedback has helped all of our friends' kids learn their ABCs.
- learn the ABCs
- know the ABCs
- sing the ABCs
Well, what's the one with the ABC's alphabetios?
- Well, what's the one with the ABC's alphabetios?
- And I had the letters ABC and it said Axe, Bruce Coslet promote Pete Carroll.
Examples
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Papa and Shayne, learning ABCs on the sand.
Blog text (21) -
After week two, the kids were playing games to race each other in saying the ABCs.
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Well, we've got the letters ABC through to Z.
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He already knows his ABCs.
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She's been singing her ABCs for several months now.
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I learned my ABCs from my parents and preschool, but Sesame Street helped to reinforce all of those lessons every single morning.
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Letters—our ABCs—are meaningless squiggles until we learn our alphabet.
Academic text (2010) -
For young children, mastering their ABCs is an essential part of early education.
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The teacher encouraged the students to practice their ABCs until they could recite them confidently.
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Learning the ABCs helps kids recognize letters and improves their reading skills.
Synonyms
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Basic facts or skills people learn first in a subject
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The set of letters used for reading and writing, taught to children
The set of letters children learn to read and spell
Surface Forms
Morphology
ABC = A + B + C
Represents the first three letters of the alphabet; the relation to 'alphabet' is direct as a convention, but it is an acronymic/representational usage rather than a morphological derivation.
Etymology
ABC comes from the first three letters of the alphabet, and people use it to mean the basic letters you learn first. The word 'alphabet' itself comes from old words 'alpha' and 'beta', so ABC points to the simple order of letters used for reading and writing.