Definition of abbreviation Abbreviation
/ʌbɹiˌviejˈʃʌn/ - [ubreeveeeyshun] - ab•bre•vi•a•tion
We found 16 definitions of abbreviation from 6 different sources.
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What does abbreviation mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: abbreviations |
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| abbreviation - a shortened form of a word or phrase | ||
| signifier, word form, descriptor, form a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | ||
| apocope abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope" | ||
| abbreviation - shortening something by omitting parts of it | ||
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Wiktionary 
- abbreviation (Noun)
A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as, +, =, @. - abbreviation (Noun)
The process of abbreviating. - abbreviation (Noun)
A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf. - abbreviation (Noun)
One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers. - abbreviation (Noun)
Any convenient short form used as a substitutuion for an understood or inferred whole. - abbreviation (Noun)
Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern. - abbreviation (Noun)
Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- abbreviation (n.)
The act of shortening, or reducing. - abbreviation (n.)
The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. - abbreviation (n.)
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America. - abbreviation (n.)
One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
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abbreviation
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission.
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An abbreviation is a shorter way to write a word or phrase. People use abbreviations for words that they write a lot. The English language occasionally uses the apostrophe mark ' to show that a word is written in a shorter way, but some abbreviations do not use this mark. More often, they use periods, especially the ones that come from the Latin language. Common Latin abbreviations include i.e. [id est] "that is", e.g. [exempli gratia] "for example", and et al. [et alia] "and others".
Some new abbreviations have been created by scientists, by workers in companies and governments, and by people using the Internet.
People often think words are abbreviations when in fact they are acronyms.
Here are examples of common acronyms: The word "radar" is an acronym for "Radio Detection and Ranging". The name of the large computer company IBM comes from the words "International Business Machines". The name of the part of the United States government that sends rockets into outer space is NASA, from the words "National Aeronautics and Space Administration". When people using the Internet think that something is very funny, they sometimes write "LOL" to mean "Laughing Out Loud". People sometimes write "ASAP" for "As Soon As Possible".
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