ABC's
Pronunciation: (ā'bē"sēz'), [key]
— n. (used with a pl. v.)
- the alphabet.
- the basic skills of spelling, reading, and writing: learning the ABC's in the early grades of school.
- the basic or elementary facts, principles, etc., of a subject: the ABC's of electricity.
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