abbreviation

abbreviation
noun
ADJECTIVE
common, standard
VERB + ABBREVIATION
use

Abbreviations are used in the text to save space.

ABBREVIATION + VERB
stand for

The abbreviation PC stands for ‘personal computer’.

PREPOSITION
abbreviation for

AC is the standard abbreviation for ‘air conditioning’.

abbreviation of

Ad lib is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase ‘ad libitum’.


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  • Abbreviation — Ab*bre vi*a tion, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbr[ e]viation.] 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. [1913 Webster] 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. Tylor. [1913 Webster] 3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • abbreviation — abbreviation. См. отрицательная анаболия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • abbreviation — index abridgment (condensation), abstract, capsule, compendium, curtailment, decrease, digest, diminu …   Law dictionary

  • Abbreviation — Abbreviation,die:⇨Abkürzung(2) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • abbreviation — (n.) mid 15c., from M.Fr. abréviation (15c.), from L.L. abbreviationem (nom. abbreviatio), noun of action from pp. stem of abbreviare make brief, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + breviare shorten, from brevis short, low, little, shallow (see …   Etymology dictionary

  • abbreviation — [n] something shortened abridgement, abstract, abstraction, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, contraction, digest, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis; concepts 283,652 Ant. augmentation, enlargement,… …   New thesaurus

  • abbreviation — Abbreviation. sub. f. v. Retranchement de quelques lettres dans un mot pour escrire plus viste, ou en moins d espace; par exemple lors qu au lieu de Monsieur, de Chastelet, & de vostre, on escrit Mr, Chlet, vre, ce sont des abbreviations que l on …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • abbreviation — ► NOUN 1) a shortened form of a word or phrase. 2) the process or result of abbreviating …   English terms dictionary

  • abbreviation — [ə brē΄vē ā′shən] n. [ME < MFr abréviation < LL abbreviatio: see ABBREVIATE] 1. a making shorter 2. the fact or state of being made shorter 3. a shortened form of a word or phrase, as N.Y. for New York, Mr. for Mister, lb for pound, ctn for …   English World dictionary

  • Abbreviation — For the <abbr> HTML tag, see HTML element. For guidelines on making and editing abbreviation articles on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Disambiguation and abbreviations. An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a… …   Wikipedia

  • abbreviation — /euh bree vee ay sheuhn/, n. 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… …   Universalium

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