Abbreviation
Definition of abbreviation:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A shortening: a part of a word put for the whole.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for abbreviation:
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They call it Fan; but Fan, as M. Stanislas Julien has shown, is an abbreviation of Fan- lan- mo, and this is the only way in which the Sanskrit Brahman could be rendered in Chinese.
"Lectures on The Science of Language", Max Müller. -
He had known me from childhood, and often called me by the abbreviation of my Christian name, which is Ludwig, or Louis.
"Uncanny Tales", Mary Louisa Molesworth.