сокраще́ние — meaning in English
sokrashcheniye
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English meaning
- abbreviation noun A shortened form of a word or phrase, standing in for the full version.
- acronym noun A word formed from the first letters of a longer phrase, especially one pronounced as a single word rather than spelled out.
- contraction noun A shortened form of a word or words, often marked with an apostrophe.
- dismissal noun The act of firing someone from their job.
- downsizing noun The act of reducing the size of a company's workforce, often to cut costs.
- retrenchment noun A curtailment or reduction.
Senses
сокраще́ние 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.]
- acronym (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
- contraction (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
- dismissal Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- downsizing An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.
- layoff (chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
- retrenchment A curtailment or reduction.
- 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.