Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: sb
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Abbreviation of somebody.

adj

Initialism of so bad.

name

Initialism of Special Branch.

name

Initialism of Super Bowl.

name

Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

noun

Initialism of stretcher bearer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of season best (this season's personal best).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of stolen base; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation."
""Humans keep asking me if I'm going to SB," Sammy's account recently tweeted, regarding the Super Bowl. "I'm a desert tortoise. Bayou isn't my thing.""
"2019 — Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA: New England Patriots beat Rams, 13-3; MVP: Julian Edelman, NE Patriots, WR; Patriots’ 6th SB victory"
"Last year’s Super Bowl 59 set a record for SB viewership."
"SB5"
"SB 1211 was signed into law to streamline the process and takes effect in January. Currently you can have no more than two ADUs on a property, but the new law increases the limit to eight."

Etymology

Initialisms.

Word Breakdown

Root: SB

Usage

Inflected Forms

sb. (alternative) SBs (plural) SBs (present, singular) SBing (participle, present) SBed (participle, past) SBed (past) SB'd (participle, past) SB'd (past)

Derived Forms

DSB SSB VSB

Frequently Paired Words

AB AR HB HR SR OB PB WB

Synonyms

s.o. so. so bachelor of science bs antimony atomic number 51

Questions

What does sb mean?: Abbreviation of somebody.
Where does sb come from?: Initialisms.

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