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# ab

«ab» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the stomach muscles; people usually say «abs»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an ab, abs — informal); abbreviation (ab, AB)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) An ab is one of the stomach muscles; people usually say «abs», short for «abdominal muscles». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#m1)

2) AB is a blood group (type AB). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#m2)

3) (abbreviation) Ab can stand for other things, such as Alberta in Canadian addresses (AB) or «able seaman» (AB) on ships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#m3)

4) (Latin) «ab» means «from», as in «ab initio» (from the beginning). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in PE and health lessons («ab exercises», «work your abs»), in science about blood groups, and in addresses.

### examples

- Sit-ups make your abs stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#x1)
- The PE teacher showed us an ab stretch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#x2)
- The superhero had big muscles and six-pack abs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#x3)
- My blood group is AB. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#x4)
- People with type AB blood can receive blood from any group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#x5)
- The parcel was sent to Calgary, AB. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/#x6)

### note

Mostly a clipped form of «abdominal»; usually plural «abs». «Six-pack» is slang for clearly visible stomach muscles. As a blood group it is written in capitals: AB. Not a full English word on its own in normal writing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ab» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ab/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.