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Abbreviation

The act of shortening, or reducing.

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Apocope 76% connected

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shortening 76% connected

of Shorten

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Abbreviate 74% connected

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Abbreviate 74% connected

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acronym noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Admixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Attachment noun · 86% connection

the act of attaching or affixing something

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Blend noun · 86% connection

the act of blending components together thoroughly

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Blending noun · 86% connection

the act of blending components together thoroughly

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Combination noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Commixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Compounding noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Confusion noun · 86% connection

an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the To…

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Conjugation noun · 86% connection

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for…

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Consolidation noun · 86% connection

the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were pass…

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Descriptor noun · 86% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Fusion noun · 86% connection

the act of fusing (or melting) together

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Initialism noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Integration noun · 86% connection

the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were pass…

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Intermixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Interspersion noun · 86% connection

the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; "the interspersion of illustrations in the text"

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Abbreviatory adjective · 78% connection

Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

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Admortization noun · 78% connection

The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.

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Alcoholization noun · 78% connection

The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

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Annihilation noun · 78% connection

The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists,…

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Apocopation noun · 78% connection

Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

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Ascertainment noun · 78% connection

The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.

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Atomization noun · 78% connection

The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.

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Atomizer noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

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Bantingism noun · 78% connection

A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Ba…

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Bate verb · 78% connection

To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

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Brigadier general unknown · 78% connection

An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of…

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