Abbreviation

/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "abbreviation" (186 found)

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Noun(21 words)

condensation abbrabbreviated formabbreviature abridgement abstract aclu acronyms adhd advt ak amt ann assn asst ave bbq bldg bvdcategory of abbreviations

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ccrc

abbreviature abrege abridgment abstract apercu apocope aposiopesis astriction astringency blue-penciling bottleneck bowdlerization brief cancellation capsule censoring censorship

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Noun(15 words)

ceo cer cfo compend compressioncondensed formcontraction contractions curtailment epitome fao fl fletc fortran gent

cervix circumscription clipping coarctation compactedness compaction compend compendium compression compressure concentration condensationcondensed versionconsolidation conspectus constriction constringency contraction contracture crasis

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curtailment cutting decrease deletion digest diminuendo draft draught draughtsman draughty editing elision ellipsis epitome erasure expurgation foreshortening head

Adverb(1 words)

etc

Interjection(1 words)

fyi

Related words (93)

hourglasshourglass figureisthmus knittingnarrow placenarrowing neck omission outline overview pandect precis pruning puckering pursing recap recapitulation reduction retrenchment review

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rubricshortened versionshortening skeleton sketch solidification stranglement strangulation striction stricture striking summary summation survey syllabus symbol syncope syneresis synopsis systole telescopingthumbnail sketchtopical outlinetruncationwasp waistwrinkling

Noun(41 words)

hsthuman development indexilx initialism initials iud kfc kg lib lvi mademoiselle milf ml mya nasa nba noaa nv pron reduction

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rutan sbwshort formshort form notationshort form spellingshort form typeshort form versionshort-form shortcut shortening shorthandstand forsummary swbs truncationtwo letter abbreviationukv symbolvern wwii xmas

Interjection(1 words)

imo

Adjective(5 words)

mascmilitary termproper ssnstandard abbreviationwkly

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descriptor formlinguistic unitnotation shortening signifierword form

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acronym contraction initialism

Collocations

5 entries

academic abbreviationcommon abbreviationstandard abbreviationtwo letter abbreviationwidely used abbreviation

Inflections

1 entries

abbreviations

Derivations

3 entries

abbreviate abbreviator abbreviatory

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

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"Doc" is an abbreviation of "doctor".

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Apr. is an abbreviation for April.

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

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