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ab·bre·vi·a·tion

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–noun

1.	a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound.

2.	an act of abbreviating; state or result of being abbreviated; reduction in length, duration, etc.; abridgment.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME abbreviacioun (< MF) < LL abbreviātiōn- (s. of abbreviātiō). See abbreviate, -ion

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ab·bre·vi·a·tion Audio Help (ə-brē'vē-ā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or product of shortening.
A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps.

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abbreviation

1460, from M.Fr. abréviation, from L.L. abbreviationem (nom. abbreviatio), from pp. of abbreviare "make brief," from L. ad "to" + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (see brief (adj.)).

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abbreviation
noun
1.	a shortened form of a word or phrase
2.	shortening something by omitting parts of it

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abˌbreviˈation noun

a shortened form of a word etc
Example: Maths is an abbreviation of mathematics.

Arabic:	إخْتِصَار
Chinese (Simplified):	缩写式
Chinese (Traditional):	縮寫式
Czech:	zkratka
Danish:	forkortelse
Dutch:	afkorting
Estonian:	lühend
Finnish:	lyhenne
French:	abréviation
German:	die Abkürzung
Greek:	σύντμηση, συντομογραφία
Hungarian:	rövidítés
Icelandic:	stytting
Italian:	abbreviazione
Japanese:	省略形

Korean:	약어, 단축
Latvian:	saīsinājums
Lithuanian:	santrumpa
Norwegian:	forkortelse
Polish:	skrót
Portuguese (Brazil):	abreviação
Portuguese (Portugal):	abreviatura
Romanian:	abreviere; prescurtare
Russian:	сокращение
Slovak:	skratka
Slovenian:	okrajšava
Spanish:	abreviatura
Swedish:	förkortning
Turkish:	kısaltma

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abbreviation

A shortened form of an expression, usually followed by a period. Dr. is a standard abbreviation for Doctor; MA is a standard abbreviation for Massachusetts.

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