100 Examples of Abbreviations (with their meaning)

Abbreviations with their meaning

A abbreviation is a social orthographic form or convention that shortens a word in order to simplify a certain term, expression, or set of terms. To create an abbreviation, the initial letter is used (which is written in uppercase or lowercase) followed by some letters that make up the word or the concept.

Any word can be abbreviated but there is a distinction between personal abbreviations and conventional abbreviations:

Conventional abbreviations with their meaning

1. to D. g. (bye thank you)
2. TO. (high King)
3. to. by C. (BC)
4. to. m. (before Merídiem, before noon)
5. TO. M. D. G. (ad maiórem Dei glóriam, to the greater glory of God)
6. TO. R. (royal highness) A. S. (serene highness)
7. TO. T. (Old Testament)
8. Adj. (adjective)
9. Admon. (administration)
10. adv. (adverb)
11. afmo. (affectionate)
12. Alfz. (ensign)
13. Adm. (admiral)
14. Anno Domini: A. D.
15. before Christ: a. C. (Also to. of C.)
16. apdo. (pulled apart)
17. art. (Article)
18. Arz. (archbishop)
19. Atte. (Sincerely)
20. avda. (avenue)
21. b. l. m. (kisses the hand)
22. Barna. (Barcelona)
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23. Bco. (Bank)
24. Bibl. (library)
25. Bs. As. (Buenos Aires)
26. C. P. (Postal Code)
27. c / (street)
28. c / c (checking account)
29. each (each)
30. chap. (chapter)
31. Inc. (company)
32. Cmdt. (commander)
33. cod. (code)
34. Cabbage. (colonel)
35. Comfortable (commodore)
36. coord. (coordinator)
37. D. (Don)
38. D. L. (legal deposit)
39. D. m. (God willing)
40. Mrs. (Mrs.)
41. right (right)
42. DD HH. (Human rights)
43. Dir. (director)
44. ex. (example)
45. Em.a (eminence)
46. etc. (etc)
47. His Excellency (most excellent)
48. fasc. (fascicle)
49. Signed. (signed)
50. FF. AA. (Armed forces)
51. FF. DC. (railway)
52. Folio. (Invoice)
53. Gral. (general)
54. Bro. (brother)
55. Iltre. (illustrious)
56. impto. (tax)
57. incl. (inclusive)
58. Inst. (Institute)
59. left (left)
60. K.O. (knock-out, knocked out)
61. Lic. (graduate)
62. max. (maximum)
63. min. (minimum)
64. ms. (manuscript)
65. N. of T. (translator's note)
66. N. S. J. C. (Our Lord Jesus Christ)
67. ob. cit. (cited work)
68. OKAY. (everything's fine)
69. p. d. (proper bearing)
70. P. D. (postscript)
71. p. ex. (for example)
72. p. k. (kilometer)
73. P. M. (military police)
74. p. m. (post-merídiem, after noon)
75. prof. (professor)
76. Q. D. AND. P. (rest in peace)
77. r. p. m. (revolutions per minute)
78. reg. (record)
79. Rep. (republic)
80. RR. H H. (human Resources)
81. Rte. (sender)
82. S. (saint)
83. s. (century)
84. S. TO. (anonymous society)
85. s. and. or or. (except error or omission)
86. S. L. (limited society)
87. S. S. (his holiness from him)
88. s. s. s. (your safe servant of him)
89. S.ª (honor)
90. s / a (without printing year)
91. s / n (no number, referring to a street)
92. Sgt. (sergeant)
93. S.I.G. (following)
94. Sir (sir)
95. Ms. (miss)
96. phone. (telephone)

Personal abbreviations with their meaning

1. After (Later)
2. Q or K (what)
3. T. (tea)
4. L. (the)
5. Pol. (politician, police)
6. Qty (singer-songwriter, singer)
7. Psycho (psychology, psychologist)
8. M. (my, mine)
9. Cel. (mobile)
10. Cngo (with me)

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