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English word origin

Etymology of ASC

Abbreviation.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Initialism of Australian Sports Commission. · Initialism of Advertising Standards Canada. · Initialism of Association of Speakers Clubs. · Initialism of Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

noun

Initialism of altered state of consciousness. · Initialism of ambulatory surgery center. · Initialism of autism spectrum condition. · Abbreviation of ascent time.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Abbreviation.

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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