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Meaning of si | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
/siː/

Definitions

  1. A river in Shandong, China.
  2. In English entries, the orthographic digraph ⟨si⟩ pronounced as the voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/.
    dated
  3. International System of Units
  4. A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
  5. Initialism of Smithsonian Institution.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. Initialism of signal integrity.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
  8. A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
  9. Initialism of Sports Illustrated.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  10. Initialism of systems integration.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  11. A diminutive of the male given name Silas.
  12. Various prefectures of imperial China.
    historical
  13. Initialism of self-injury.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  14. Initialism of suicidal ideation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  15. Initialism of self-insertion (of the author into fan fiction).
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
  16. Initialism of spark ignition.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  17. Initialism of supporting information.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  18. Initialism of special intelligence.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  19. Initialism of systematic internaliser.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  20. Initialism of swarm intelligence.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  21. Initialism of synthetic intelligence.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  22. Initialism of sales invoice.
    Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  23. Initialism of statutory instrument.
    Australia, Canada, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  24. Initialism of subinspector (of police, etc).
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  25. Initialism of surface interval.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية سي
Español SI
Suomi ti
Français si
Bahasa Indonesia SI
Italiano si
日本語
한국어
Polski SI
Português si
Русский си

Examples

“The reason for the change to the International System of Measurement (SI) units was that over time the prototype lost atoms and therefore mass because it is “susceptible to damage and environmental factors,” according to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), which houses Kilo 18, Britain’s copy of Le Grand K.”
““We have said from the start that our top priorities are to keep Sports Illustrated alive, uphold the legacy of the institution and protect our union jobs. We look forward to discussing a future with Minute Media that does that,” Emma Baccellieri, staff writer for SI and vice chair for the SI Union, said in a statement.”
“The scope of SIs varies greatly, from the technical (e.g. to set or vary the dates on which different provisions of an Act will come into force, to change the levels of fines or penalties for offences or to make consequential and transitional provisions) to the much wider-ranging, such as filling out the broad provisions in Acts.”
“India's first transgender SI”
“Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.”
“Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.”
“Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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