ABBREVIATION
\ɐbɹˌiːvɪˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɐbɹˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˌiː_v_ɪ__ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ABBREVIATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of shortening, or reducing.
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The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
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The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
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One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
By Oddity Software
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The act of shortening, or reducing.
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The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
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The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
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One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. The act of abbreviating ; – the form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction or omission, as Gen. for Genesis; –one dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
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