Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iss

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: iss
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of in-school suspension.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of intensive supervision and surveillance.

Uncountable

name

Initialism of International Space Station.

Example Sentences

"Twice in one week? the dean says. He sends me to ISS. ISS is in-school suspension."
"Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS). […] SpaceX launched its first crew to the ISS aboard a Dragon spacecraft in May 2020."

Usage

Inflected Forms

ISSes (plural)

Derived Forms

ARISS

Synonyms

Alpha Space Station Alpha Configuration Alpha Freedom Space Station Freedom

Questions

What does iss mean?: Initialism of in-school suspension.

How to pronounce iss

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