abbreviation
nounHow many syllables in abbreviation?
There are 5 syllables in the word abbreviation.How to pronounce abbreviation:
Definition of abbreviation:
- abbreviation (noun):
- shortening something by omitting parts of it.
- a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole word or phrase
Synonyms for abbreviation:
abridgement
abridgment
abstract
bowdlerization
brief
clipping
compendium
compression
condensation
conspectus
contraction
curtailment
descriptor
digest
epitome
form
outline
overview
précis
recapitulation
reduction
resumé
review
résumé
shortening
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Antonyms for abbreviation:
full form
long form
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- overseeing
- collaborator
- justifiable
- documentary
- deliciousness
- pontification
- irredeemable
- meritorious
- explosimeter
- expiatory
- unofficially
- unashamedly
- melomaniac
- communicated
- nonrefundable
- irrespectively
- humiliating
- evaluator
- pedagogical
- regurgitated
- uninterested
- conventioneer
- seniority
- manufacturer
- incoherently
- fundamentally
- universally
- fanaticism
- affirmatively
- Haroun Al Rachid
- redelegated
- compendiously
- durability
- luminescences
- illumination
- discombobulate
- aristocratic
- braggadocio
- infatigable
- solidifying
- subordinating
- nostomania
- accommodations
- ecstatically
- globalization
- gesticulating
- chromatolysis
- anonymously
- cordiality
- gesticulation
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Secondary stress refers to the minor emphasis that can occur on additional syllables in longer words, distinct from the primary stress.
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