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- Dictionaryabbreviation/əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃn/
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- 1. a shortened form of a word or phrase: "SKU is the abbreviation for Stock Keeping Unit" Similar Opposite
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An abbreviation (from Latin, meaning "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym) or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word with a trailing period. For example: etcetera is usually abbreviated etc. and abbreviation is sometimes abbreviated abbr., abbrv., or abbrev.. But sometimes the traili... Wikipedia