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abbreviation

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ab·bre·vi·a·tion  (-brv-shn)
n.
1. The act or product of shortening.
2. 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.

abbreviation [əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən]
n
1. a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used in place of the whole
2. the process or result of abbreviating
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.abbreviationabbreviation - a shortened form of a word or phrase
descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
apocope - abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
appro - an informal British abbreviation of approval; "he accepted it on appro"
2.abbreviationabbreviation - shortening something by omitting parts of it
shortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"

abbreviation
noun shortening, reduction, résumé, trimming, summary, contraction, compression, synopsis, précis, abridgment The postal abbreviation for Kansas is KS.
Translations
abbreviation [əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən] N
1. (= short form) → abreviatura f
2. (= act of shortening) → abreviación f

abbreviation [əˌbriːviˈeɪʃən] nabréviation f
an abbreviation for sth, an abbreviation of sth → une abréviation pour qch

abbreviation
n (of word, title)Abkürzung f; (of book, speech)Verkürzung f

abbreviation [əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃn] nabbreviazione f

abbreviation اختصار zkratka forkortelse Abkürzung συντομογραφία abreviatura lyhenne abréviation kratica abbreviazione 略語 약어 afkorting forkortelse skrót abreviação, abreviatura сокращение förkortning อักษรย่อ kısaltma chữ viết tắt 缩略语


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It was so in the Pequod with the little negro Pippin by nick-name, Pip by abbreviation.
I have it now before me; and though you could not, of course, peruse it with half the interest that I did, I know you would not be satisfied with an abbreviation of its contents, and you shall have the whole, save, perhaps, a few passages here and there of merely temporary interest to the writer, or such as would serve to encumber the story rather than elucidate it.
Father Kelly, the priest, had found the name of the Spanish maker on the sword and an abbreviation that stood for the city of Cordova.
 
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