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Sentence example with the word 'abbreviation'
abbreviation
abbreviature, bottleneck, clipping, condensed version, cutting, epitome, narrow place, puckering, shortening, summary, thumbnail sketch
Definition
n.
a shortened form of a word or phrase
Last update: June 26, 2015
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Abbreviations save space.
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1, pnni'-S y, the latter expression being apparently an
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of ianr: Sip; 53?.
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--Look over these lists, Marchie (an
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by which Mareschal-Wells was known among his friends).
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It is also used after an
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; as, God is love.
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, an
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for the Latin ante meridian, meaning before noon.
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'Lar'ums (an
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of alarums, for alarms), affrights, terrifies.
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Probably this was an
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of Peggy, but we cannot tell.
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