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| 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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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 | |
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| 1. | a shortened form of a word or phrase |
| 2. | shortening something by omitting parts of it |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
abˌbreviˈation noun
a shortened form of a word etc
Example: Maths is an abbreviation of mathematics.
See also: abbreviateExample: Maths is an abbreviation of mathematics.
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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.
[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English
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