Definitions
Shortened form of a word or phrase.
Word origin
First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, abbreviate + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“Hants is an abbreviation of Hampshire.”
“Americans, for example, call newcomers to Antarctica “fingies”, which comes from FNGs – a borrowed military abbreviation that means “Fucking New Guy”.”
“The phrase "civil rights" is an abbreviation for a whole complex of relationships.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Shortened word form”12 letters
02“Short form”12 letters
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