Abbreviation

Abbreviation is strictly a shorter form of a word Word

A word is a unit of language [i] that carries meaning [i] and consists of one or more morpheme [i] ... 

, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. For example, the word "abbreviation" can be abbreviated as "abbr." or "abbrev."

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Abbreviation is strictly a shorter form of a word Word

A word is a unit of language [i] that carries meaning [i] and consists of one or more morpheme [i]... 

, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. For example, the word "abbreviation" can be abbreviated as "abbr." or "abbrev."
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