abbreviation

Questions about abbreviation

What does abbreviation mean?

abbreviation means "a shortened form of a word or phrase". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abbreviation?

abbreviation has 5 syllables: ab-bre-vi-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /əˌbɹiviˈeɪʃən/.

Is abbreviation a common word?

abbreviation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abbreviation?

133 words rhyme with abbreviation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.