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satiate | abc |

As a verb satiate

is to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

As an adjective satiate

is filled to satisfaction or to excess.

As a noun abc is

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satiate

English

Verb

(satiat)
  • To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
    • Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
  • To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

    • Usage notes

    Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.“ Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog

    Synonyms

    * sate

    Derived terms

    * satiated

    References

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • satiate of applause

    Related terms

    * sate * satiation * satiety * satisfaction * satisfactory * satisfy

    External links

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    abc

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (noun) absey

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • ABC (B), a Belgian car market.
  • .
  • African Basketball Confederation.
  • (emergency medicine) Airway, breathing, and circulation.
  • Alcoholic beverage control.
  • (aviation) (Advance Booking Charter)
  • already been chewed, as in chewing gum.
  • American Book Center.
  • .
  • .
  • (medical) Antigen binding capacity.
  • anything but Chardonnay: a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
  • (Japan) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad.
  • atomic, biological, and chemical.
  • Aural brevity code.
  • Australian-born Chinese.
  • (obsolete) Australian Broadcasting Commission. .
  • (obsolete) .
  • .
  • (geography) Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.

    • See also

    * ABC Islands * NBC * (American-born Chinese) CBC * (American Broadcasting Company) NBC, CBS, PBS, NPR

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, usually, plural only, uncountable) The alphabet.
    • Do you know your ABC s?
  • (obsolete, poetry) A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
  • (obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
  • The fundamentals of any subject.
    • the ABC of finance
  • (UK, rail transport) A British alphabetized guidebook for trains and their stations.

    • Synonyms

    * (alphabet) absey * (rudiments) basics, fundamentals

    Derived terms

    * ABC book

    See also

    Naming an alphabet after the initial letters is common; compare: * bopomofo * futhark * futhorc

    Anagrams

    * * * *

    References

    English three-letter words ----