Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
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English - Alternative Forms
* abbr., abbrv., abbrev.
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
First attested 1400–50. From Middle English _abbreviacioun_, from Middle French _abreviation_, from Late Latin _abbreviātiō_, from _ab_ (“from”) + _abbreviō_ (“make brief”), from Latin _ad_ + _breviō_ (“shorten”), from _brevis_ (“short”).
First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Late Latin abbreviātiō, from ab (“from”) + abbreviō (“make
brief”), from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”).
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌbriː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
* (General American) IPA(key): /əˌbri.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - NOUN
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English - Noun
ABBREVIATION (_plural_ ABBREVIATIONS)
* The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
* (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as, +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]
* The process of abbreviating. [Mid 16th century.]
* (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
* (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
* Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
*
the phrase "civil rights" is an _abbreviation_ for a whole complex of relationships. - PRES. TRUMAN'S COMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
* (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
* (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
TRANSLATIONS
abbreviation
(plural abbreviations)
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The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
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(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a
word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as, +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]
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The process of abbreviating. [Mid 16th century.]
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(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp
or mf.
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(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
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Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
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(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
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(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - SEE ALSO
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* acronym
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - REFERENCES
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* ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown (editor), _The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary_, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3
* “abbreviation” in _The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition_, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
* “abbreviation” in _Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1_, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
* "abbreviation" in _WordNet 2.0_, Princeton University, 2003.
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↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3