Advanced Vocabulary - Written Abbreviations

Written Abbreviations 

abbreviation noun

a short form of a word or phrase.

acronym noun

linguistics an abbreviation consisting of letters that form a word. For example, NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization..

anon. abbreviation

anonymous.

AV abbreviation

audiovisual.

B abbreviation

used for replacing ‘be’ in other words.

bpi abbreviation

bits per inch: a unit for measuring the quality of magnetic tape.

Capt. abbreviation

captain.

CCTV noun

closed-circuit television.

cf abbreviation

used for referring to something that is connected with the subject that is being written about.

col abbreviation

column.

cont. abbreviation

content.

cont. abbreviation

continued: used for showing that a piece of writing is being continued.

Ct abbreviation

Court.

cu. abbreviation

cubic.

deg. abbreviation

degree.

del. abbreviation

delete.

dept abbreviation

department.

d.o.b. abbreviation

date of birth.

doc. abbreviation

document.

doz. abbreviation

dozen.

ed. abbreviation

edition.

ed. abbreviation

editor.

ed. abbreviation

education.

e.g. abbreviation

for example used for giving an example of what you mean.

Eng. abbreviation

English.

esp. abbreviation

especially.

est. abbreviation

established: used with a date after the name of a business or other organization to show when it was started.

et al abbreviation

used after a name to mean ‘and other people whose names are not mentioned’, especially people who have written a book together.

etc abbreviation

used after a list of things to mean ‘and others of the same type’, when you do not want to mention everything.

F abbreviation

false.

f abbreviation

following.

ff abbreviation

and following: used for referring to the pages or lines that come after the number mentioned.

fig. abbreviation

figure: a picture in a book.

fwd abbreviation

forward.

FX abbreviation

special effect.

gov abbreviation

governor.

gsoh abbreviation

good sense of humour used in newspaper personal columns.

Gt abbreviation

great.

hp abbreviation

horsepower.

ibid. abbreviation

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.

IC abbreviation

integrated circuit.

IC abbreviation

internal combustion.

Inc. abbreviation

Incorporated used in the US after the name of a large company, or a group of companies working together under one name.

incl. abbreviation

including.

incl. abbreviation

inclusive.

Inst. abbreviation

Institute.

int. abbreviation

internal.

int. abbreviation

international.

intl. abbreviation

international.

IV abbreviation

intravenous.

IV abbreviation

intravenously.

JP noun

Justice of the Peace: an official similar to a judge who works in the lower courts.

l abbreviation

left.

l abbreviation

length.

lat. abbreviation

latitude.

Lib. abbreviation

Liberal.

ll. abbreviation

lines: used for referring to particular lines of text in a book.

M abbreviation

medium.

m abbreviation

mass.

max abbreviation

maximum.

min. abbreviation

minimum.

misc. abbreviation

miscellaneous.

mkt abbreviation

business market.

n/​a abbreviation

not applicable: used on forms when the form requests information or asks a question that is not relevant to you.

n/​a abbreviation

not available: used on forms, for example to show that a product is not available.

neg. abbreviation

negative.

op cit abbreviation

used in a piece of formal writing for referring to a book that you have already mentioned.

opp. abbreviation

opposite.

p abbreviation

page.

p.a. abbreviation

per annum.

par abbreviation

paragraph.

para abbreviation

paragraph.

passim adverb

formal used in notes for a book or article for showing that something is mentioned in many places in it.

pd abbreviation

paid.

Pk abbreviation

park.

Pl. abbreviation

place.

pp abbreviation

pages.

PR noun

public relations.

Prof. abbreviation

Professor: used in writing before the name of a professor.

Pte abbreviation

British private.

Q abbreviation

question.

QED abbreviation

used for saying that a particular fact proves that what you have said is true.

q.v. abbreviation

used in books after a page number to show where you should look to find more information.

r abbreviation

right.

recd abbreviation

received.

regd abbreviation

registered.

Rep. abbreviation

American Representative.

Rx. abbreviation

American prescription.

sec. abbreviation

section.

sec. abbreviation

secretary.

sic adverb

formal 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.

Soc. abbreviation

Society.

TBA abbreviation

to be announced: used for saying that you will be told something at a later time because it has not yet been decided.

tbc abbreviation

to be confirmed: used for showing that something has not been decided yet.

TM abbreviation

trademark.

v abbreviation

versus.

viz. abbreviation

formal used, especially in writing, when you want to give more specific information about something that you have just mentioned.

vol. abbreviation

volume.

vs abbreviation

versus.

yr abbreviation

your.

yrs abbreviation

yours.

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