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Translingual

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Symbol

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WS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Samoa. Synonym: WSM (alpha-3)

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Noun

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WS (countable and uncountable, plural WSs)

1. Initialism of watersports (sexual practice).
   • 1977 December 3, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 14:GWM 25 would like to meet gay men bet 20-40 who are into W/S and light S&M.
2. (Internet, Web) Initialism of Web service.
3. (knitting) Initialism of wrong side.
   • 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41:with yarn in front, slip stitch purlwise on WS
4. (law, Scotland) Initialism of writer to the signet.
5. (music) Initialism of wavetable synthesis; a method used to generate sound by a digital music synthesizer.
6. (baseball) Initialism of World Series, a best of seven game series played annually to determine the championship of United States professional baseball.
7. Initialism of Writer to the Signet

Derived terms

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• (Internet, Web): WS-I, WS-Policy, WS-Security

Proper noun

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WS

1. Initialism of Western Samoa.
2. (US) Initialism of Washington State (“the State of Washington”).

Adjective

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WS

1. (Internet, uncommon) Initialism of work-safe. Synonym: SFW Antonyms: NWS, NSFW
   • 2021 April 25, krainboltgreene, “4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google”, in Hacker News‎[1]:Having WS content does not "increase the diversity".

Anagrams

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• S&W, SW, Sw., sw.

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