noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
use
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All boats will now carry three-letter designations using standard Olympic abbreviations .
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Then use the abbreviation throughout the document.
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Latin abbreviations , algebraic symbols, contractions of words and personal inventions can all be used .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
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BBC is an abbreviation for British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Disk Operating Systems are usually known by the abbreviation DOS.
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I never knew the abbreviation 'GI' stood for 'Government Issue'.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gordon has invented his own auxiliary language of abbreviation .
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It's a subject whose passion for diagrams and abbreviations and formulae can give nuclear physics a run for its money.
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It is very well annotated, easily navigable and there is an admirable list of abbreviations.
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The increasingly specialized worlds of business, medicine, politics and technology are fueling the explosion of abbreviations.
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The three-letter abbreviations for the 659 amino acids encoded in the open reading frame beginning at nucleotide position 133 are also shown.
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These must be written legibly and without abbreviation , so that the student can make maximum use of them.
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You also need to understand some abbreviations, starting with the name of the firm, which is listed alphabetically.