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Abbreviation is the shortened form of some words and expressions. It is usually formed by the initial letters and ends with a period. Its reading must be done in full, that is, the abbreviation “cia.” should be read as "company".

List of abbreviations

Below is an alphabetical list of the most commonly used abbreviations.

abbreviations with A

THE.	author
AA.	authors
Apr.	abbreviation and april
abbrev	abbreviation, abbreviation, abbreviation and abbreviation
B.C	anno Christi, in the Christian era and in the year of Christ
B.C	before Christ
B.C	to the care(s)
B.C	in the care
academy	academy and academic
AD	awaits approval, anno Domini, in the Christian era and in the year of the Lord
adj.	adjective
admin	management
aeron.	aeronautics
ag., ag.to or ago.	August
now or agric.	agriculture
Al.	mall (toponymically)
alpha	alphabetic, alphabet and ensign
alg.	algebra
ALMA or beyond	admiral
alt.	altitude
target	permit and masonry
am	ante meridiem, before noon
ana.	anatomy
ap. or apart	apartment
arc or archaic.	archaic
arith or arithm.	arithmetic
arch.	archeology
architect	architect
art.	article, artillery, gunner and artistic
sign	advice
bake. or assembly	assembly
assist	assistance and assistant
associate	Association
astr.	astronomy
at.	unstressed and atom
atm.	atmosphere
see you	graciously
um.	augmentative
auto., auto or auto.	motorsport and automobile
help	help
Av.	avenue (toponymically)
ave. or aven.	Avenue

abbreviations with B

Pub.	baron
b.-art. or b.-arts	fine Arts
B.el, B.is	bachelor, bachelors
bible	biblionym, bibliography, bibliographic and library
bibliog., bibliogr. or bilog.	bibliography
library	library and librarianship
biophysis	biophysics
biographical	biography
biol.	biology
bioq. or biochem.	biochemistry
bishop or bishop	bishopric
good	alley (toponymically)
bomb	firefighters
bot.	botany
br., br. or brazil.	Brazilian
Brig., Brig. or fight	Chocolat Ball
brit.	British
btl.	battalion
bur. or bureaucracy	bureaucracy

abbreviations with C

Ç.	code
ç.	center
ç/	com, account (commercially)
here	open account
cc	according
c/c	checking account
C.-alm. or c.-alm.	rear admiral
cap., cap.on, cap.on or capt.	captain
Chap. or chap.	chapter
caps.	chapters
C.el, c.el	colonel
company or company	company
science	Science)
circle	circle
cit.	citation, quoted, quoted, quoted (neutral), citata, citatum and citatus
climate or climatol.	climatology
col.	collection
with.	Commander, Commander, Commercial, Commerce, Common, Commune and Communism
com., comte or comte.	commander
comp.	company (militarily)
complete	complement
cons., cons., cons. or advice	counselor
Const. or const.	constitution
const. or build	construction
cont. or account	accounting
waistband.	cosine
cp.	compare, compare and collate
credit	credit
cron. or chron.	chronology
Box or ex.	Cashier

abbreviations with D

D.	worthy, district, gift, among others
D., D., Da. or Mrs.	lady
dc or dc	after Christ
DD	Your honor, districts
dec. or decr.	decree
demog. or dem	demography
dept.	congressperson
dep., deps	department, departments
des. or draw	design
desc.	discount
ten. or ten	December
dict.	dictionary
diploma	University Degree
doc., docs.	document, documents
Dr., Drs.	doctor, doctors
Dr., Dr. or D.ra., Dr.as	doctor, doctors

abbreviations with E

E. or e.	state
E., E.	editor, editors
EC	was christian
ecf	it's a faithful copy
ED	await approval
ed.	edition
ed. or building	building
ed. or education	education
eg	example, for example
elem.	element
electrical	electricity
electron.	electronics
IN	in hands)
Em.	Eminence
Emb., emb. or Emb.or	Ambassador
embryo or embryo.	embryology
engineer	engineer
enol.	oenology
Esc.	school
esp.	spanish, special, species and spiritism
equit.	horsemanship
ER	wait for answer
Est.	road (toponymically)
est.	season, state(s), season(s) (of poem), shelf(s), aesthetics and stanza(s)
etc.	et cetera, et cetera
ex.	exemplar(s), example(s), in example, for example and army
Ex.	Excellence
Ex.ma(o)	Your Excellency

abbreviations with F

F.	so-and-so
f.	feminine, leaf, folio, form(s), formation, forte and phrase
fab	factory
fac.	college
farm.	pharmacist and pharmacy
fed.	federation and federal
fed. or stink.	federation
phenome.	phenomenon
feb. or feb.	February
ff.	leaves and folios
phyla.	philosophy
end	final and finance(s)
tax	fiscal and taxation
page	flora
folk or folk	folklore
for.	forensic
form	form
photo or photo.	photography
Fr.	Frei
fss.	facsimiles
background	foundation

Abbreviations with G

g.	gender and degree(s)
G.al, Gen. or gen.	General
gar.	mining
g.de	great
gen. or general.	genealogy
geo., geog. or geography	geography
general	general
germ.	Germanic
gloss.	glossary
GM, gm or g.-m,	midshipman
gov.	governor, governorship and government
G/P	gains and losses
gr.	free, degree(s), greek
graphic	graphic
serious	engraving

abbreviations with H

H.	men
heb.	hebrew and hebrew
her., heral. or herald.	heraldry
heir	heir
hydra or hydraulic.	hydraulics
healthy	hygiene
hip	equestrian, hypothesis and hypothetical
history	story
humor.	humorous

Abbreviations with I

I. or ig.	church
ib.	ibero and ibidem, in the same place
id	ditto, the same
il.ma(o)	illustrious, illustrious
immigrate	immigration
print	press
index	index and indian
ind. or indust.	industry
inform	information

abbreviations with J

jan.	January
jour	newspaper and journalism
Jr.	junior, junior
jud.	jewish, judaism and jew
Jul.	July
June	June
swear	legal and jurisprudence
jur., juris., jurisp. or jurispr.	jurisprudence
just thousand.	military justice
Judge	judge

abbreviations with L

L.	wide (toponymically)
l.	letter(s) (commercially)
L., l, l.º, lib., lib. or free	book
lab or laboratory	laboratory
launch	launch
wide	width
lat.	Latin, Latinism, Latin and latitude
L.da	licensed and limited
L.do or L.do.	licensed
leg.	legislation, legislature and league
leg. or legislation	legislation

abbreviations with M

m.	more, male, month and months
m/	my(s), my(s)
M.ª	mistress
m.ª	my
M. or mun.	County
May	May
Maj. or maj.	major
capital	uppercase
Mal, Mal. or bad.	marshal
sea.	march and navy
sea. or month	March
mark.	marketing
mat. or kill.	math
Me	mother and master
mech.	mechanics (science)
mechanic	mechanics (mechanism)
med.	medicine
avg.	doctor
avg. vet.	veterinarian
memo. or memory.	memo
men	monthly
met., metal. or metallur.	metallurgy
met. or meteor.	meteorology
thousand.	military and millennium
miner	mining and mineralogy
mit. or mythol.	mythology
MM	Your Honor
Mme, M.me or Mme	madam
mMin.	minister
mob	furniture
mod.	moderately, moderately, modernly, modernism, modern, fad and mode
coin.	coins
mon., monog. or monogram	monography
Mgr. or mons.	monsignor
mor	morals and moralism
morph. or morphol.	morphology
m/p	term months (commercially)
m.to(a)	a lot, a lot
mus	museology and museum
music	song

abbreviations with N

no.	neutral, name and number(s)
D's No.	management note
No. of E.	editor's note
No. of R.	editor's note
No. of A.	author's note
No. of D	director's note
No. of E.	editor's note
No. of T.	translator's note
national	national, nationalism
naut.	nautical
naz.	Nazism
neol.	neologism
NS	Our Lord
N.Ms.	Our Lady
Nov. or new	November
NT	New Testament and translator's note
on one.	numeral
on one. or no.	number

abbreviations with O

O/	order (commercially)
ob.	construction)
obs.	Note
oc. or western	western
odont. or dental.	dentistry
of.	offer(s), official and craft
oft., offal. or ophthalmol.	ophthalmology
olig.	oligarchy
opt.	optics
or. or original	origin
order	order
org. or organize	organization
ort. or spelling	orthography
out or other	October

Abbreviations with P

for.	close (commercially)
pa or to	for
p., p. or page	page
P, Pe or Pe	priest
PB	gross weight
Praça.	package(s)
Praça.	parts)
Praça. or piece.	piece(s), piece
pal	words)
pals	words
pair.	paraense, paronym and part
pat. or path.	pathology
PD	asks for approval
perfect	Perfect
eg	for example
for. ext. or abbrev.	in full or abbreviated
pg.	paid and paid
Ph.D.	Philosophiae Doctor, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy
PL	net weight
pl.	plural
pm	post meridiem, after noon and post mortem, after death
poet.	poetic and poetic
in.	polish, inch(s) (measurement) and polish
political	politics and politician
port.	portuguese and portuguese
pp	by proxy and next past
because	why
Pr.	Shepherd
Pres., Pres., Presid. or president	president
process	process, procedural, power of attorney and attorney
product	production
Prof. or professor	teacher
teacher, teacher	teacher
professors or professors	teachers
professors or professors	teachers
ready	pronoun, pronominal and pronominally
PS	post scriptum, post writing
psych. or psycho	psychoanalysis
psych. or psychological	psychology
EN	Portugal
en	Score

abbreviations with Q

what or what	what
qb	quantity enough (in medical prescriptions), as much as enough (in cooking recipes)
what	When
HQ or Q.-G.	headquarters
q.t.	how much
q.to	how much
quart.	block
quest.	quiz
chem.	chemistry
fifteen	biweekly

abbreviations with R

R.	street (toponymically)
ref.	reference, referent, reformed and reformism
reg. or reg.	record
relay or report	report
relay or relig.	religion
get you	sender
rep or republic	Republic
report.	reportage
res.	residence
ret. or retort.	rhetoric
rev.	magazine
Rev.mo	Most Reverend
rod.	Highway
RSVP	répondez, s'il vous plait, please answer
rus. or russ.	Russian

abbreviations with S

S.	Santa, Santo, São, Sul, among others
SA	limited company and His Highness
Sgt.	Sergeant
sd or s/d	no date
sec. or secret	secretary and secretary
century	century
centuries	centuries
seg., sec. or ss	following
without.	week(s), semantics, similar(s), semester(s), seminary and semitic
without. or semin.	seminar
His Excellency	Your Eminence
His Excellency	Your Eminences
servant	service
set., or set.o	September
Your Excellency	Your Excellency
Your Excellency	Your Excellencies
Yes B.	symbol
Mrs or Mrs	Lady
ONLY	South-west
social	society (commercially)
social	society
social or sociol.	sociology
Mr.	Mr
Mr., Mr., Mr. or Mr.	gentlemen
Your Rev.ma	Your Most Reverend
Miss, Miss or Miss	miss
SS or SS	His lordship
HSE	Your Lordships
SS.Rev.mas	Your Reverends
sub.	subjunctive and suburb
suc.	successor(s) (commercially)
beating or surreal.	surrealism

Abbreviations with T

T.	tower
T. or Trav.	platter (toponymically)
Also.	also
theater or theater	theater
tech or technic	technique
tech., tech. or technology	technology
tel., tel. or phone	telephone
Ten., ten., T.te or t.te	lieutenant
theol.	theology
therapy or therapist.	therapy
you	treasurer
type or typography	typography
title	title
topog. or topogr.	topography
trans.	translation and translated
transport	transport
trig. or trigon.	trigonometry
trim.	quarter(s)
trop	tropical
tour or tourism.	tourism

abbreviations with U

huh	external use
u. and c.	uses and customs
wow	intern use
un.	unity
un. or uniform	uniform
univ,	universal
univ. or univers.	University
urban	urban
urban or urban.	urbanist
urol.	urology
urug.	Uruguayan
us	used, used
useful. or utility	utility
useful. or utility	utilitarianism
utop.	utopianism

Abbreviations with V

v.	village
v. or v.	you
GO	Your Highness
Go	widow
VV.AA.	Your Highnesses
V.-Adm. or v.-alm.	vice admiral
See	Your Eminence
vemas	Your Eminences
vet. or vet.	veterinary
Your Excellency	Your Excellency(ies)
vg	verb gratia, for example
vin. or wine	viniculture
VM	Your Majesty
you	vocabulary, vocabulary, vocalism and vocative
vol.	volume
vol.	volumes
V.Rev.ma(s)	Your Most Reverend(s)
VS	Your Holiness
vs.	versus
VS or VS	your lordship
VSas, VV.S.as or VV.SS.	Your Lordships
vulgar	vulgar, vulgarly
VV.MM	Your Majesty

See also: Treatment Pronouns

Abbreviations with W

toilet

water closet, bathroom

abbreviations with X

xenof	xenophobia
xerog. or xerog.	xerography

Abbreviations with Z

zoo	zoology
zoot. or zootec.	animal husbandry