Abbreviation

What do we mean by abbreviation?

The act or product of shortening. noun

A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps. noun

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The act of abbreviating, shortening, or contracting; the state of being abbreviated; abridgment. noun

A shortened or contracted form; a part used for the whole. noun

In mathematics, a reduction of fractions to the lowest terms. noun

In music, a method of notation by means of which certain repeated notes, chords, or passages are indicated without being written out in full. noun

The act of shortening, or reducing. noun

The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. noun

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. noun

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. noun

A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf. noun

One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers. noun

Any convenient short form used as a substitutuion for an understood or inferred whole. noun

Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern. noun

Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction. noun

A shortened form of a word or phrase noun

Shortening something by omitting parts of it noun

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

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 +, =, @.

The process of abbreviating.

A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.

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.

Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.

Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

Means a word that has been abbreviated Urban Dictionary

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Idk - I don’t know Idc - I don’t care Idm - I don’t mind Idr - I don’t remember Idrm - I don’t really mind Rly / rlly - really Sme / sm - same lol -laughing out loud Lmao - laughing my ass off Wtf - what the fuck WTH - what the heck Lmfao - laughing my fucking ass off Kys - kill your-self Kms - kill my-self Pls / plz - please ye / yea - yes / yeah So - significant other / shoutout Bf & gf - boyfriend & girlfriend Smh - shaking my head Cos / cuz / cus / cause - because Omg - oh my god Oml - oh my lord Pic - picture Wyd / wud - what you doing Wywd / wuwd - what you wanna do U - you Tb - text back Nr / nrs - no reply(s) Bro - brother Nm - nothing much Nvm - never mind Dm - direct message / doesn’t matter Tbh - to be honest M8 - mate Prob / probs - probably Ly - love you Lysm - love you so much Lysfm - love you so fucking much Lyl - love you loads Ly2 - love you too Gn - good-night Gm - good-morning Jk - just kidding Jw - just wondering Ppl - people Urban Dictionary

Idk = I dont know. Idc = I dont care. Idr = I dont remember. Idgaf = I dont give a fuck. Lol = laughing out loud. Lmao = laughing my ass off. Lmfao = laughing my fucking ass off. Rofl = rolling on floor, laughing Roflmao = rolling on floor, laughing my ass off. smh = shaking my head my off wtf = what the fuck Wth = what the heck Gg = good game Gj = good job Gl = good luck Hf = have fun Cya = see ya C = see B = be/bee D = Dick I = I/eye O = oh P = pea R = are T =tea U = you Y = why 2 = to 4 = for 6 = Sex 8 = Ate M8 = mate Urban Dictionary

To make briefer, shorten. Abbreviation for abbreviate is Abbr. Urban Dictionary

A shortened form of a word or phrase. - Types of abbreviations: There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts. Urban Dictionary

A person who abbreviates every word Urban Dictionary

To shorten a sentence, for instance LOL is short for Laugh Out Loud. Same as FYI is short for For Your Information and etc etc etc Stuff like that are ALL abbreviations. Urban Dictionary

A short version of a word Urban Dictionary

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