Thesaurus article:an abbreviation

an abbreviation

Anabbreviationis a shortened form of a word or phrase. It can be a word in a reduced form, or the first letter or letters of a word or phrase.

Abbreviations like op. cit. and cf. are common in academic writing.

When the abbreviation is made up of first letters and is pronounced as a word, it is called anacronym.

NATO is the acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

When the abbreviation is pronounced as separate letters it can be called aninitialism.

BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

to be the abbreviation for something

单词	thesaurus/articles/an-abbreviation
释义	Thesaurus article:an abbreviation an abbreviation Anabbreviationis a shortened form of a word or phrase. It can be a word in a reduced form, or the first letter or letters of a word or phrase. Abbreviations like op. cit. and cf. are common in academic writing. When the abbreviation is made up of first letters and is pronounced as a word, it is called anacronym. NATO is the acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. When the abbreviation is pronounced as separate letters it can be called aninitialism. BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation. Related articles to be the abbreviation for something Cambridge English Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//thesaurus/articles/an-abbreviation##
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