Kurzform — meaning in English

English meaning

• abbreviation noun A shortened form of a word or phrase, standing in for the full version.
• abridgment noun The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
• clipping noun A small piece cut from something larger, especially an article cut from a newspaper.

Senses

Kurzform is used for these senses in English:

• abbreviation (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]
• abridgment (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• clipping (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
• short form (linguistics) A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.

abridgment — full definition

1. noun The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
2. noun The condition of having been made shorter or reduced.
3. noun A shortened version of a book or other piece of writing.
4. noun Something that cuts time short, such as an amusement that makes the time seem to fly by.

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