Abbreviation

//əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən//

"Abbreviation" in a Sentence (13 examples)

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

"Doc" is an abbreviation of "doctor".

Apr. is an abbreviation for April.

Ph.D. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase - philosophiae doctoratum.

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The abbreviation of "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" is "CPPCC".

UK is the abbreviation for the United Kingdom.

In dictionaries, "m.n." is abbreviation for masculine noun.

Surprisingly, the Russian abbreviation "VSEGEI", which sounds like a Russian phrase meaning "all gays", just means "Federal Geological Institute of Russia".

WHO is the abbreviation for World Health Organization.

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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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