abbreviation | | |
n. (communication) | 1. abbreviation | a shortened form of a word or phrase. |
| ~ descriptor, form, signifier, word form | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" |
| ~ apocope | abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope" |
| ~ appro | an informal British abbreviation of approval.; "he accepted it on appro" |
n. (act) | 2. abbreviation | shortening something by omitting parts of it. |
| ~ shortening | act of decreasing in length.; "the dress needs shortening" |
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