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# ss

abbreviation (SS, ss)

«ss» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (abbreviation) SS before a ship's name stands for steamship, as in the SS Great Britain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#m1)
2. (history) The SS was a violent Nazi military and police force in Germany during the Second World War, which ran concentration camps and carried out the Holocaust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#m2)
3. (abbreviation) ss can mean screenshot in online chat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#m3)
4. (spelling) ss is a double letter in many words, as in miss, class, kiss, often at the end after a short vowel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#m4)
5. (abbreviation, church) Ss is short for Saints, as in Ss Peter and Paul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#m5)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, the SS Great Britain was a famous early steamship (the Titanic was RMS, Royal Mail Ship); the Nazi SS is studied when learning about the Holocaust, which must be talked about seriously and truthfully. In spelling lessons, the floss rule: double s, f, l, z after a short vowel at the end of short words (miss, off, fill, buzz). In chats, ss means screenshot.

### Examples

- The SS Great Britain is a famous ship in Bristol. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#x1)
- We visited the SS Great Britain on a school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#x2)
- The SS ran the Nazi concentration camps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#x3)
- Miss, class and grass all end in ss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#x4)
- Send me a ss of the score. (chat slang) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#x5)
- The church is called Ss Peter and Paul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/#x6)

### Note

Not a word on its own; an abbreviation or a letter pattern. The Nazi SS is a very serious topic, never a joke. Spelling rule: after a short vowel at the end of a one-syllable word, s is often doubled (pass, less), but not always (bus, yes).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ss.html) on Mova free.