abbreviation

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ab‧bre‧vi‧a‧tion/əˌbriːviˈeɪʃən/ noun
1. [COUNTABLE]
a short form of a word or expression
abbreviation of/for
　 ▪ ‘Dr’ is the written abbreviation of ‘Doctor’.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say be short for instead of be the abbreviation of/for:
　 ▪ W.H.O. is short for ‘World Health Organization’.

2. [UNCOUNTABLE]
the act of abbreviating something

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
VERB
use
▪ All boats will now carry three-letter designations using standard Olympic abbreviations.
▪ Then use the abbreviation throughout the document.
▪ Latin abbreviations, algebraic symbols, contractions of words and personal inventions can all be used.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
▪ BBC is an abbreviation for British Broadcasting Corporation.
▪ Disk Operating Systems are usually known by the abbreviation DOS.
▪ I never knew the abbreviation 'GI' stood for 'Government Issue'.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Gordon has invented his own auxiliary language of abbreviation.
▪ It's a subject whose passion for diagrams and abbreviations and formulae can give nuclear physics a run for its money.
▪ It is very well annotated, easily navigable and there is an admirable list of abbreviations.
▪ The increasingly specialized worlds of business, medicine, politics and technology are fueling the explosion of abbreviations.
▪ The three-letter abbreviations for the 659 amino acids encoded in the open reading frame beginning at nucleotide position 133 are also shown.
▪ These must be written legibly and without abbreviation, so that the student can make maximum use of them.
▪ You also need to understand some abbreviations, starting with the name of the firm, which is listed alphabetically.