abbreviation

CEFRB2

/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A shortened form of a word or phrase.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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 +, =, @.

Examples

  • We use DS as an abbreviation of 'dyad' style.

  • "Doc" is an abbreviation of "doctor".

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The process of abbreviating.

  2. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

  3. A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.

More examples

In context

  • Hants is an abbreviation of Hampshire.

  • Americans, for example, call newcomers to Antarctica “fingies”, which comes from FNGs – a borrowed military abbreviation that means “Fucking New Guy”.

  • The phrase "civil rights" is an abbreviation for a whole complex of relationships.

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Origin

noun

First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, abbreviate + -ion.