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abbreviation
n. act of shortening by removing or omitting a part; shortened form of a word or words


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An abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word "abbreviation" can itself be represented by the abbreviation "abbr." or "abbrev."
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abbreviation
Noun
1. a shortened form of a word or phrase
(hypernym) form, word form, signifier, descriptor
(hyponym) apocope
(derivation) abbreviate
(class) appro
2. shortening something by omitting parts of it
(hypernym) shortening


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Abbreviation
(n.)
The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
The act of shortening, or reducing.
  
 
(n.)
One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
  

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v. a.
اختصار , سنکشيپ , خلاصہ

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