An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase, a short version by any method. Abbreviation is usually used to save time and space. Sometimes we see a list of abbreviations in the beginning of the book. abbreviations may consist of a group of letters, or words or phrase ; for example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr.
Sometimes they represent words in another language (for example, e.g., or i.e. ). Lets begin with today’s blog ABBREVIATIONS WITH MEANING
- Abbr. – abbreviated, abbreviation
- Advt. – advertisement
- AM – ante meridiem ( before midday )
- B.A. – Bachelor of Arts
- B.B.C. – British Broadcasting Corporation
- B.Sc. – Bachelor of science
- Co. – company
- c/o. – care of
- deg. – Degree (s)
- D.Litt. – Doctor of Literature, Doctor of Letters ( Humanities )
ABBREVIATIONS WITH MEANING
- DO – ditto ( the same as aforesaid)
- D. Phil. – Doctor of Philosophy
- Est. – established
- etc. – et cetera ( and other things, and so on )
- ex. – example
- ft. – foot, feet, fort
- gaz. – gazette ( a journal or newspaper )
- Hon. – Honourable
- H.Q. – headquarter
- i.e. – id est ( that is, in other words )
- Junc. – Junction
- Kg. – Kilogram
- Km. – Kilometre, kilometer
- Kw. – Kilowatt
- Lat. – Latin
- lat. – Latitude
- Lt. – Lieutenant
- Ltd. – Limited
- MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery or Medicinae Baccalaureus Baccalaureus Chirurgiae (in Latin).
- M.D. – Medicinae Doctor, Doctor of Medicine or Managing Director
ABBREVIATIONS MEANING
- Messrs. – Messieurs (Fr.) Sirs, used as plural of Mr.
- misc. – miscellaneous
- m.p.h. – miles per hour
- Mr. – Master, Mister
- Mrs. – Mistress
- No.,no. – numero, in number
- Nos. nos. – numbers (pl)
- obj. – object, objective
- off. – Official
- OK – Orl Korrect, All correct
- OP – out of print ( no longer being published )
- Oz. – ounce (s) ( unit of mass )
- Ph. D. – Doctor of Philosophy
- P.M. – post meridiem ( after midday )
- recd. – received
- recpt. – receipt
- rtd, retd. – retired, returned
- R.S.V.P. – repondez s’il vous plait (Fr), reply if you please, please respond ( yes, I am attending the event ; No, I can’t )
- Sec. ,Secy. – Secretary
ABBREVIATIONS MEANING
- sec. – second
- sing. – Singular
- tech. – technical, technology
- T.O. – turn over
- Vs. – versus , against
- viz. – videlicet or videre licet, namely, which is
- V.P. – Vice President
- w.e.f. – with effect from
- Xt. – Christ
- yr. – year
- Zn. – Zinc
COMPILED BY IMROZ FARHAD
IMROZ FARHAD NOOR is a co-founder and chief blogger of NEEROZ. He studied English Literature and Journalism. A number of articles, stories, short stories, poems have been published in reputed magazines and newspapers. He writes scripts for short movies, web series. He has been a radio announcer.He loves to read Psychology and Philosophy. He spends his spare time in drawing and playing basketball. He loves to travel. He speaks Hindi, English, and Urdu. ( learning Spanish ).