Abbreviations - English meaning

əˌbriː.viˈeɪ.ʃən

Abbreviations – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
Usage examples:
Sku is the abbreviation for stock keeping unit
Synonims:
Shortened formShort formContractionElisionAcronymInitialismSymbolDiminutive

noun
A shortened form esp. of a word or phrase
Usage examples:
Un is the abbreviation for the united nations., the letters i.e. are an abbreviation of a latin phr…

noun
A short form of a word or phrase
Usage examples:
"itv" is the abbreviation for "independent television".

Abbreviations translation into English

Abbreviations: translate from English into Chinese

缩写

Abbreviations: translate from English into Dutch

Afkortingen

Abbreviations: translate from English into French

Abréviations

Abbreviations: translate from English into German

Abkürzungen

Abbreviations: translate from English into Hindi

संक्षिप्त रूपों

Abbreviations: translate from English into Italian

Abbreviazioni

Abbreviations: translate from English into Korean

약어

Abbreviations: translate from English into Russian

Сокращения

Abbreviations: translate from English into Spanish

Abreviaturas

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Abbreviations – similar words

abbreviates

əˈbriː.vi.eɪt

verb
Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).
Usage examples:
‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

verb
To shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter
Usage examples:
We had to abbreviate the names of the states., an abbreviated version was published last year.

verb
To make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word
Usage examples:
Abbreviate something as "chief executive officer" is abbreviated as "ceo"., abbreviate something to…

Abbreviates - all meanings in English

abbreviated

əˈbriː.vi.eɪ.tɪd

adjective
Shortened; cut short.
Usage examples:
An abbreviated version of the earlier work

verb
Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).
Usage examples:
‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

adjective
Shorter than usual or shorter than expected
Usage examples:
In abbreviated form the show was broadcast in abbreviated form the next day., they exchanged a pass…

Abbreviated - all meanings in English

abbreviate

əˈbriː.vi.eɪt

verb
Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).
Usage examples:
‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

verb
To shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter
Usage examples:
We had to abbreviate the names of the states., an abbreviated version was published last year.

verb
To make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word
Usage examples:
Abbreviate something as "chief executive officer" is abbreviated as "ceo"., abbreviate something to…

Abbreviate - all meanings in English

Abbreviations synonims

acronym

ˈæk.rə.nɪm

noun
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ascii, nasa ).

noun
An abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word
Usage examples:
Aids is an acronym for "acquired immune deficiency syndrome".

Acronym - all meanings in English

contraction

kənˈtræk.ʃən

noun
The process of becoming smaller.
Usage examples:
The general contraction of the industry did further damage to morale

noun
A reduction in size or amount
Usage examples:
[ c ] an economic contraction, [ u ] heat differences cause rapid expansion and contraction of the …

noun
A situation in which less money is being earned, spent, or invested in a market or economy
Usage examples:
Michigan's economy experienced a contraction last year., (a) contraction in sth a sharp contraction…

Contraction - all meanings in English

diminutive

dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv

adjective
Extremely or unusually small.
Usage examples:
A diminutive figure dressed in black

noun
A diminutive word or suffix.
Usage examples:
The word is a diminutive of inland navigator, referring to the men who built the canals that preced…

adjective
Small
Usage examples:
My grandmother was a diminutive woman, less than 5 feet tall.

Diminutive - all meanings in English

elision

ɪˈlɪʒ.ən

noun
The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in i'm, let's ).
Usage examples:
The shortening of words by elision

noun
The fact of not pronouncing a particular sound in a word

Elision - all meanings in English

initialism

noun
An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g. bbc ).

noun
An abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as separate letters
Usage examples:
Html is an initialism of hypertext markup language., cable news network, usually referred to by its…

Initialism - all meanings in English

symbol

noun
A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.
Usage examples:
The symbol r in figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective

verb
Symbolize.
Usage examples:
The first was symbol of the atonement the 2nd was to symbol the carrying away of sins.

Symbol - all meanings in English

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