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English
Etymology
Established 1400–50. From late Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abréviation, from Late Latin abbreviātiō, from ab (“‘from’”) + abbreviō (“‘shorten, abridge’”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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abbreviation (plural abbreviations)
- A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr.
- The act or result of shortening or reducing.
- (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers.
- (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
References
- “abbreviation” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “abbreviation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "abbreviation" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
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