Grammar. = syncopation, n. 1. Also attributive and in other combinations.
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释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word (11) syncope1530 Grammar. = syncopation, n. 1. Also attributive and in other combinations. syncopation?1533 Grammar. Contraction of a word by omission of one or more syllables or letters in the middle; transferred, a word so contracted. abbreviation1576 spec. A shortened form of a word or phrase. abbreviature1602 = abbreviation, n. 2b. Now rare. abridgement1612 A shortened form of a word or phrase; an abbreviation. contract1669 Grammar, etc. A contract form or word; a contraction, abbreviation. contraction1755 concrete. A contracted or shortened form of a word, etc. in speech or writing; an abbreviation. shrivel1873 Something shrivelled up; †plural wrinkles in the skin; a shrivelled skin; a contracted word. suspension1896 Palaeography. A form of abbreviation consisting in representing a word by its first letter or letters accompanied by the contraction-mark; also, a… stump word1922 a word formed by abbreviating a single longer one, esp. by reducing it to a single syllable (frequently the first) or the minimum necessary for… clipping1933 The shortening of a word, etc.; also, the resulting shortened form. |
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