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Meaning of "abbreviation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABBREVIATION

abbreviation  [əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABBREVIATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abbreviation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABBREVIATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

abbreviation

Abbreviation

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv. or abbrev. In strict analysis, abbreviations should not be confused with contractions or acronyms, with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in loose parlance.:p167An abbreviation is a shortening by any method; a contraction is a reduction of size by the drawing together of the parts. A contraction of a word is made by omitting certain letters or syllables and bringing together the first and last letters or elements; an abbreviation may be made by omitting certain portions from the interior or by cutting off a part. A contraction is an abbreviation, but an abbreviation is not necessarily a contraction. However, normally, acronyms are regarded as a subgroup of abbreviations. Abbreviations can also be used to give a different context to the word itself, such as "PIN Number".

Definition of abbreviation in the English dictionary

The definition of abbreviation in the dictionary is a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used in place of the whole. Other definition of abbreviation is the process or result of abbreviating.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABBREVIATION


affiliation
əˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən
appreciation
əˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
appropriation
əˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃən
association
əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən
aviation
ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃən
depreciation
dɪˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
deviation
ˌdiːvɪˈeɪʃən
differentiation
ˌdɪfəˌrɛnʃɪˈeɪʃən
humiliation
hjuːˌmɪlɪˈeɪʃən
initiation
ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃən
irradiation
ɪˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
mediation
ˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
negotiation
nɪˌɡəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən
pronunciation
prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən
radiation
ˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
Reconciliation
ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
remediation
rɪˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
retaliation
rɪˌtælɪˈeɪʃən
variation
ˌvɛərɪˈeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABBREVIATION

abbatial
Abbe
Abbe condenser
abbed
abbess
Abbeville
Abbevillian
abbey
Abbey Theatre
abbot
abbotcy
abbotship
abbr.
abbrev.
abbreviate
abbreviated
abbreviator
abbreviatory
abbreviature

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABBREVIATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of abbreviation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABBREVIATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «abbreviation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of abbreviation

Translation of «abbreviation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABBREVIATION

Find out the translation of abbreviation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abbreviation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abbreviation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缩略语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abreviatura
570 millions of speakers

English

abbreviation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संक्षिप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اِخْتِصار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сокращение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abreviação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংক্ষেপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abréviation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Singkatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abkürzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

略語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Singkatan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chữ viết tắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுருக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संक्षेप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kısaltma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbreviazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skrót
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

абревіатура
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abreviere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συντομογραφία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afkorting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förkortning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forkortelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abbreviation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABBREVIATION»

The term «abbreviation» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.755 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABBREVIATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «abbreviation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «abbreviation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abbreviation

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QUOTES WITH «ABBREVIATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word abbreviation.
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Philip Hammond
The military never uses a full word if they can create an abbreviation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABBREVIATION»

Discover the use of abbreviation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abbreviation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Periodical Title Abbreviations: By abbreviation
Each updated edition decodes more than 145,000 different abbreviations for periodical titles and selected monographs in all fields.
Leland G. Alkire, Cheryl Westerman-Alkire, 2003
2
The Cambridge French-English Thesaurus
kilogramme nm [abbreviation: kg] kilogram kilo nm [abbreviation: kg] kilo milligramme nm [abbreviation: mg] milligram centigramme nm [abbreviation: eg] centigram decigramme nm [abbreviation: dg] decigram hectogramme nm [ abbreviation: ...
Marie-Noklle Lamy, Richard Towell, 1998
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Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, Third Edition
IL5 immediate reaction IL5 Abbreviation for interleukin-5. IL6 Abbreviation for interleukin-6. IL7 Abbreviation for interleukin-7. IL7Rd cDNA that encodes the receptor for IL7, known as IL7Ra, has been cloned from both humans and mice.
Julius M. Cruse, Robert E. Lewis, 2009
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Psychotherapy Abbreviation: A Practical Guide
Pekarik wrote this text based on his own brief therapy training manual because he could not find a text suitable for the wide range of psychotherapy approaches represented by the therapists whom he trains in his research, teaching, and ...
Gene Pekarik, 1996
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Periodical title abbreviations
Leland G. Alkire. Gale's publications in the acronyms and abbreviations field include: Periodical Title Abbreviations series: Periodical Title Abbreviations: By Abbreviation (Volume 1). A guide to abbreviations commonly used for periodical titles, ...
Leland G. Alkire, 1989
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Modern Dictionary of Electronics
The operating system for the IBM PC and compatible personal computers. msec — Abbreviation for millisecond. MSI — Abbreviation for medium-scale integration . A term generally applied to integrated circuit chips containing 10 or more gate ...
Rudolf F. Graf, 1999
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Diccionario Español-inglés
SPANISH ABBREVIATION AND EXPANSION ENGLISH EQUIVALENT abr. abril Apr. April A.C., a.C. antes de Cristo BC before Christ a. de J.C. antes de Jesucristo BC before Christ admon., administraci6n — administration admdn. a/ f a favor _ ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1998
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Dictionnaire Anglais-français
FRENCH ABBREVIATION AND EXPANSION ENGLISH EQUIVALENT AB Alberta AB, Alia Alberta adr. adresse add. address ABLE Association europeenne EFTA European Free Trade de libre-echange Association A1EA Agence ...
‎2000
9
Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology
LPF Abbreviation for I. leukocytosis-promol- ing factor, 2. lymphocytosis- promoting factor. LPG Abbreviation for lipophosphoglycan. LPH Abbreviation for lipotropic hormone. L-PK Abbreviation for L-type pymvate kinase. LPL Abbreviation for ...
Pei-Show Juo, 2001
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Cite your sources
Richard S. Lackey. court minutes - see courthouse records court records - see courthouse records cross references 10, 14-15 dates 30 dates of a document 55- 56 date of publication 44 daughter, abbreviation 27 deeds - see courthouse ...
Richard S. Lackey

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABBREVIATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abbreviation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Billings: Grandfather's skills were in the garden, not behind the wheel
It reminded me about anecdotes about the man I called "Gramps," an abbreviation of "Grandpa." I could have called my maternal grandmother ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»
2
Murder most foul: 34 'mysterious deaths' linked to India recruitment …
Vyapam is an abbreviation of Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Madhya Pradesh Professional Education Board), a self-financed ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
3
STAN FISCHLER COLUMN: Dissecting history of sports fans
The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the word “fan” was originally a “jocular abbreviation of fanatic.” But today we make a distinction ... «The Daily Freeman, Jul 15»
4
Five Reasons Why Canelo Alvarez Will Defeat Miguel Cotto: The …
... Hall Of Fame-status career, but this is one that will leave another big bloody “L” on his ledger, next to an abbreviation for technical knockout. «The Boxing Tribune, Jul 15»
5
First ever ZS5 Sprint
The exchange for KZN stations is a RS or RST report and town name or abbreviation. For non-KZN stations, it is a RS or RST report and ... «Southgate Amateur Radio Club, Jul 15»
6
Feature: Harajuku in Tokyo is all about self-expression, says Punk …
I know that some guys have a 'lolicon' (a Japanese abbreviation of the term Lolita Complex), but their dysfunction has nothing to do with our ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
7
CSAs help local farms
All letters must contain no more than 350 words and include a full name (no abbreviation), daytime and evening phone numbers and physical ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
8
The Whispers 1×05 What Lies Beneath Review
... all that nuclear energy, some Arsenic (number 33 on the periodic table, with abbreviation “AS”) would make the reaction much, much worse. «Gossip and Gab, Jul 15»
9
I spiked Aslam Butt's nun-chai with a sleeping-pill, what are you …
I would attend court hearings in Chandigarh and then drive up to “Kas,” (I so love the abbreviation,”Kas” because it reminds me of home) park ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
10
Newly Released Emails Reveal the Hillary You (Still) Don't Know
... least once a week while K saw Nixon every day,” noted Clinton in an email to aides, using the abbreviation for president of the United States. «Truthdig, Jul 15»

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