ABC

Meanings

1. The English alphabet.
2. A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
3. A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
4. The fundamentals of any subject.
5. A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
6. A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
7. Ellipsis of ABC store.

1. Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
2. Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
3. Initialism of American-born Chinese.
4. Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
5. Initialism of activity-based costing.
6. Initialism of advance base camp.
7. Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
8. Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
9. Initialism of age-associated B cell.
10. Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
11. Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
12. Abbreviation of abacavir.

1. Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
2. Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
3. Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
4. Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
5. Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
6. Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
7. Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
8. Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
9. Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
10. Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
11. Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
12. Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.

1. Initialism of atomic, biological and chemical, the three main categories of weapon of mass destruction.
2. Initialism of already been chewed.
3. Initialism of activated B-cell-like.

1. Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
2. Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
3. Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
4. Initialism of anything but Conservative.

1. A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.

Etymology

From Middle English abece, ABC, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.