ABBREVIATION Definition & Meaning -

ABBREVIATION Definition & Meaning - abbreviation An abbreviation is a truncated word; an acronym is made up of parts of the phrase it stands for and is pronounced as a word ; an abbreviation If the acronym, initialism, or abbreviation ends in s, sh, ch, or x, then add es—for example, OSes, DISHes, DCCHes, and BMXes

abbreviation When the full version of a term first appears in parenthetical text, place the abbreviation in square brackets after it Do not use nested parentheses

abbreviation Acronyms vs abbreviations vs initialisms · An abbreviation is a shortening of a word or a phrase · An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a word · An An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word