abbreviation
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
Other meanings
A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. en
“Hants is an abbreviation of Hampshire.”
The process of abbreviating.
Antonyms
- amplification
Related words
- abbreviationitis
- graphic abbreviation
- syllabic abbreviation
- unabbreviation
Word history
From Latin "ad".
Where this comes from
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