Meanings
fas1
- pluralplural of fa
fas2
FAS3
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Financial Assistance Scheme.
In fact, 18 students in my class are under the FAS, compared to an average of four students in each of the other Primary Six classes.
2016, Fang Yanping, Singapore Teachers: Narratives of Care, Hope and Commitment, page 26 - USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Federation of American Scientists.
FAS estimates Russia has 1,816 tactical, or non-strategic, weapons (shorter range and intended for use in battle rather than for the destruction of whole cities).
2023 September 5, Julian Borger, Andrew Roth, “Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024 - MalaysiaabbreviationhistoricalinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of Federation Air Service.
- abbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of Free African Society.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of fetal alcohol syndrome.
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She said people with FAS are on a spectrum, have a wide range of intelligences, that the intelligence test is biased, and that I got strong intuition and street smarts, that I’m smart where it counts, which I already knew, but when she told me it felt good, like I didn’t really know it until she said it like that.
2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 17
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of free alongside ship.
Fas4
- A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
FAs5
- pluralplural of FA
- pluralplural of FA
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishfæs
- Middle Englishfas
- Englishfas
From Middle English fas, from Old English fæs.
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Cite this entry
fas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fas
“fas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fas. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fas.
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