abbreviation
11abbreviation — /euh bree vee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound. 2. an act of abbreviating; state or result of being abbreviated; reduction… …
12abbreviation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common, standard VERB + ABBREVIATION ▪ use ▪ Abbreviations are used in the text to save space. ABBREVIATION + VERB ▪ …
13Abbreviation — Als Abbreviation (lat. „abbreviatio“: Abkürzung) bezeichnet man in der Zoologie die Verkürzung der Individualentwicklung eines Individuums durch den Wegfall einzelner Entwicklungsstufen. Besonders bekannt ist in diesem Kontext die Neotenie oder… …
14abbreviation */ — UK [əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [əˌbrɪvɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms abbreviation : singular abbreviation plural abbreviations a short form of a word or phrase MIA is an abbreviation for Missing in Action …
15abbreviation — a shortened form of a word or title. In zoological works genus group names cited in binomial names of species are often abbreviated to one or two letters for convenience, e.g. Salmo trutta may be abbreviated to S. trutta, the abbreviation always… …
16abbreviation — ab|bre|vi|a|tion [əˌbri:viˈeıʃən] n 1.) a short form of a word or expression abbreviation of/for ▪ Dr is the written abbreviation of Doctor . 2.) [U] the act of abbreviating something …
17abbreviation — [[t]əbri͟ːvie͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] abbreviations N COUNT An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word. The postal abbreviation for Kansas is KS …
18abbreviation — noun 1) the abbreviation for teaspoon is tsp. or just t. Syn: shortened form, short form, contraction, acronym, initialism, symbol, diminutive; elision Ant: full form 2) Desi Arnaz was an abbreviation of the bandleader s full name, Desiderio… …
19abbreviation — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or result of abbreviating ; abridgment 2. a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole < amt is an abbreviation for amount > …
20Abbreviation — Abkürzung; Kurzbezeichnung; Abbreviatur * * * Ab|bre|vi|a|ti|on 〈[ vi ] f. 20; geh.〉 = Abbreviatur * * * Abbreviation [zu lateinisch ab... und breviare »kürzen«] die, / en, Abkürzung in Hand und Druckschriften …
