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abbreviation ab·bre·vi·a·tion

Spelling: [uh-bree-vee-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /əˌbri viˈeɪ ʃən/

Abbreviation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 827 anagrams from letters in abbreviation (aabbeiinortv).

Definitions for abbreviation

noun

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 in length, duration, etc.; abridgment; summary:
3. a short phrase or reduced form used to represent a larger, more complex idea, situation, set of beliefs, etc.:

Origin of abbreviation

1400-50; late Middle English abbreviacioun (Middle French) Late Latin abbreviātiōn- (stem of abbreviātiō). See abbreviate, -ion

Examples for abbreviation

He attributed it, doubtless, to his abbreviation of her name, for he smiled grimly.

I told him the abbreviation and he typed it into the computer, his face lighting up with epiphany before sending me on my way.

(an abbreviation of Pluteus, press), with the number and shelf.

Surnames of authors when ascertained, the abbreviation "Anon."

The desert creeps at the rate of fingernails; the abbreviation for street is the same as that for saint.

This abbreviation is not used by those who are careful in the choice of words.

GTL (Jerseyan, n.)—the abbreviation for the guido way of life, which stands for gym, tanning, laundry.

The -us abbreviation, similar to a small 9, is shown here as us.

Sometimes the symbol is an abbreviation of the old Latin name.

It is too long to quote, too sublime to be marred by abbreviation.