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Word: Abbreviation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French abreviation, from ecclesiastical Latin abbreviatio(n-), from the verb abbreviare (see abbreviate)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a shortened form of a word or phrase
Short Definition:shortened form of word or phrase
Examples:- the chemical symbol Ag is an abbreviation of the Latin word for silver, argentum
- use simple words and no abbreviations
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