abbreviation
noun
a short form of a word or phrase
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noun
an abbreviation consisting of letters that form a word. For example, NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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used for referring to something that is connected with the subject that is being written about
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established: used with a date after the name of a business or other organization to show when it was started
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used after a name to mean ‘and other people whose names are not mentioned’, especially people who have written a book together
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used after a list of things to mean ‘and others of the same type’, when you do not want to mention everything
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and following: used for referring to the pages or lines that come after the number mentioned
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used in writing when you are including words from a particular book for the second time, and want to show that they are from the same book that you mentioned before
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Incorporated: used in the US after the name of a large company, or a group of companies working together under one name
noun
an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word, pronounced separately. NHS and CBS are initialisms..
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not applicable: used on forms when the form requests information or asks a question that is not relevant to you
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used in a piece of formal writing for referring to a book that you have already mentioned
adverb
used in notes for a book or article for showing that something is mentioned in many places in it
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used in books after a page number to show where you should look to find more information
adverb
used in writing after a word that is not spelt or used correctly to show that you have written it that way because you are repeating what someone else said or wrote
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to be announced: used for saying that you will be told something at a later time because it has not yet been decided
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used, especially in writing, when you want to give more specific information about something that you have just mentioned
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