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1 (also acronym) In the broad sense of the word, the process and result of word formation in which the first letters or syllables of word groups are written and pronounced as words. Abbreviations can be categorized as follows: (a) those pronounced as...

See also acronym, apostrophe and ellipsis This is the shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase. Frequently used abbreviations or contractions include don’t (do not), can’t (can not) and haven’t (have not). Children need...

Abbreviations that are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters. For example, in Eng. AIDS [eidz] for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Acrophones are commonly found in many other European languages: cf. Span. and Fr. SIDA [sida]...

An abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word "abbreviation" can itself be represented by...