sis

(sĭs)

n. Informal

Sister.

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sis

(sɪs)

informal short for sister

sis

(sɪs; siːs) or

sies

interj

informal South African an exclamation of disgust

[Afrikaans, possibly from Khoi]

SIS

abbreviation for

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called: MI6 (in Britain) Secret Intelligence Service

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in New Zealand) Security Intelligence Service

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sis

(sɪs)

n.

sister.

[1825–35, Amer.; shortened form]

-sis

a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbs abstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc.: aphesis; thesis.

[< Greek]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sis - a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician"

sister

big sister - an older sister

female sibling - a person's sister

little sister - a younger sister

half sister, half-sister, stepsister - a sister who has only one parent in common with you

Translations

Schwester

sis

n (inf) → Schwesterherz nt (inf)

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"I thought I'd jis look over sis's things, and get 'em straightened up.

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Do you want me to tell you the kind of a man I could love, Sis?"

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"Him de syfe and de spade what Massa Will sis pon my buying for him in de town, and de debbils own lot of money I had to gib for em."

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Arrow said the High Court's dismissal of SIS' challenge against a five-year fatwa labelling it an Islamic 'deviant' organisation has severe repercussions for Malaysia in the advocacy and protection of women's rights and their dignity.

Malaysian women deserve better, advocacy group says after civil court shuts door on Sisters in Islam

In a statement, the SIS said that the international organisation's report "deliberately missed mentioning the whole facts and ignored the SIS statements regarding the case of the defendant Khaled Hassan."

SIS denounces HRW claims over mistreatment of an Egyptian-American citizen in police custody

The secret service did not withhold any informationGrendel pointed out that the SIS had not been asked by the Interior Ministry to cooperate in verifying information and organising the stay of the Vietnamese delegation in Slovakia during July 2017, when the Slovak authorities were allegedly involved in the kidnapping of a Vietnamese man and authorising the use of the government aircraft.

Parliamentary committee head finds no evidence of SIS involvement in the kidnapping of Vietnamese business man

The new company, serving nearly 3,000 hospitals and ASCs, will operate as Surgical Information Systems and will continue to invest in solutions from SIS, Amkai, and SourceMed.

Surgical Information Systems Acquires Ambulatory Surgery Centre Software Firm SourceMed

Conclusion: SIS should be performed in patients before hysteroscopy because it will protect a considerable number of patients from unnecessary invasive procedures.

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