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A form of in-school suspension — A disciplinary method where a suspended student must attend school but is confined to an alternative setting to complete assigned work instead of attending regular classes.

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Meanings

nounISS (countable and uncountable, plural ISSes)

plural ISSes

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of in-school suspension.

    Twice in one week? the dean says. He sends me to ISS. ISS is in-school suspension.

    2013, Elliott Deline, I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of intensive supervision and surveillance.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismUS space program; space flight; US space program; space flightInitialism of International Space Station.

    Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS). […] SpaceX launched its first crew to the ISS aboard a Dragon spacecraft in May 2020.

    2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in TIME, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021

    Synonyms: Alpha, Freedom, Space Station Alpha, Configuration Alpha, Space Station Freedom

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
in-school suspensioninternational space station

Translations

Dutch ISS
  • ISSInternational Space Station
German ISS
  • ISSInternational Space Station
Polish MSK
  • MSKInternational Space Station
Russian МКС
  • МКС (MKS)International Space Station
Turkish UUİ
  • UUİInternational Space Station
Cite this entry
APA

ISS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ISS

MLA

“ISS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ISS. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ISS,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ISS.

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