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ais

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈeɪ ˈaɪ ˈɛs/
  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Australian Institute of Sport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Abbreviated Injury Scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

name

Meaning 3

plural of Ai

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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4

noun

Meaning 4

plural of ai

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of automatic identification system, as an element of the Global Marine Distress and Safety System GMDSS.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • Having spotted an unknown contact on radar, the navigation officer attempted to identify the vessel using the ship's AIS.

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of Australian Illawarra Shorthorn (cattle breed).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 7

Abbreviation of androgen insensitivity syndrome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of artificial immune system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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9

verb

Meaning 9

third-person singular simple present indicative of AI

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.