noun · countable / uncountable · rare

abbreviation

abbreviation · abbreviations

скорочення, абревіатура

сокращение, аббревиатура, урезание, аббревиация

Abkürzung, Kürzen, Kürzel, Kurzform

The result of shortening or reducingThe result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

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UK/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/US/əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

» What is this the abbreviation for?

Что это за аббревиатура?

А оце скорочення - це що?

Що значить це скорочення?

Meaning

8 senses

(countable, uncountable)The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
Abkürzung, Kürzen
сокраще́ниеsokraščénije, уреза́ниеurezánije
shortening something by omitting parts of it
(countable, uncountable)A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
Hants is an abbreviation of Hampshire.
Abkürzung, Kurzbezeichnung, Kürzel
сокраще́ниеsokraščénije, аббревиату́раabbreviatúra, аббревиа́цияabbreviácija
абревіату́раabreviatúra, скоро́ченняskoróčennja
a shortened form of a word or phrase
(countable, uncountable)The process of abbreviating.
(countable, uncountable)A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(countable, uncountable)One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
(countable, uncountable)Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
(countable, uncountable)Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(countable, uncountable)Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples

32 sentences

What is this the abbreviation for?
А оце скорочення - це що?
ruЧто это за аббревиатура?
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"Doc" is an abbreviation of "doctor".
ru"Док" - это сокращение от "доктор".
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Here is a list of common abbreviations.
deHier ist eine Liste mit häufigen Abkürzungen.
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Please memorize these abbreviations.
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What is GNP an abbreviation for?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase:

Русский

By meaning 2

act or result of shortening or reducing:

shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

abridged version of a document:

act or result of shortening or reducing:

shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase:

Origin

First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation,

First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, abbreviate + -ion.

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