- (the former) Securities and Investments Board
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SIB abbreviation for (in Britain)
sib
(sib),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- related by blood;
akin.
n.
- a kinsman;
relative. - one's kin or kindred.
- Anthropologya unilateral descent group.
- bef. 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (origin, originally adjective, adjectival); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) relatives, Old Frisian sib (adjective, adjectival), sibba (noun, nominal), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival), German Sippe kin; compare gossip
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sib, sibb /sɪb/ n
- a blood relative
- a brother or sister; sibling
- kinsmen collectively; kindred
'SIB' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
gossip
- Securities and Investments Board
- sibling
- sieve
- half-sibling
- totem
- sibilant
- sibilate
- sibship
- sibyl