Abbreviation
[n] shortening something by omitting parts of it
[n] a shortened form of a word or phrase
Related Information
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abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, astriction, astringency, blue-penciling, bottleneck, bowdlerization, brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship, cervix, circumscription, clipping, coarctation, compactedness, comp