abbreviation
noun /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/
/əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/
- [countable] abbreviation (of/for something) a short form of a word, etc.
- What's the abbreviation for ‘Saint’?
Extra ExamplesTopics Languageb1- AC is the standard abbreviation for ‘air conditioning’.
- Abbreviations are used in the text to save space.
- Ad lib is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase ‘ad libitum’.
- The abbreviation PC stands for ‘personal computer’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- standard
- use
- stand for
- abbreviation for
- abbreviation of
- [uncountable] the process of abbreviating something