NHS

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Initialism of National Health Service.

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

NHS1

proper nounNHS or the NHS
  1. UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Health Service.

    Thank god for the NHS, because if I had to pay for these sessions myself I wouldnʼt get close to halfway to recovery before bankrupting myself.

    2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 294
    1 more example

    The NHS is essentially a system of mutual medical aid with state funding, paid for by income tax – the more you earn, the more you contribute – which means it is firmly rooted in the socialist principle “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”.

    2024 June 9, “What is socialism? Just look at the NHS”, in The Guardian
  2. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Highway System.
  3. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Honor Society.
nounNHS (countable and uncountable, plural NHSes)

plural NHSes

  1. USabbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of National Historic Site.
  2. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of national high school.

NHs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of NH
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of NH
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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