Re: Question about abbreviations
you could use 'dict'
apt-get install dict
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$dict PaS
4 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pas \Pas\, n. [F. See {Pace}.]
1. A pace; a step, as in a dance. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Right of going foremost; precedence. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pas
n : (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
PAS
Publicly Available Specifications (ISO)
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:
PASS. In the slave states this word signifies a certificate given by the
master or mistress to a slave, in which it is stated that he is
permitted to
leave his home, with the authority of his master or mistress. The
paper on
which such certificate is written is also called a pass.
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$dict FTBFS
1 definition found
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
FTBFS
Fails To Build From Source (Linux, Debian, slang)
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but also this do not know all ;-)
$dict ANAIS
No definitions found for "anais", perhaps you mean:
gcide: Nais Anas Anaks
wn: Anas
vera: aais
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