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   Ab·bre·vi·a·tion

   /əˌbrēvēˈāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a shortened form of a word or phrase: "SKU is the abbreviation for Stock Keeping Unit" Similar shortened formshort formcontractionelisionacronyminitialismsymboldiminutiveshorteningreductioncuttingcutting short/downcontractioncondensationcompressionabridgmenttruncationclippingcroppingparing downpruningshrinkingconstrictingtelescopingOpposite full formexpansion
   • ▪ the process of abbreviating something: "nursing records must be written without abbreviation"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French abreviation, from ecclesiastical Latin abbreviatio(n-), from the verb abbreviare (see abbreviate).

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