Abbreviations

Abbreviations

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S/No.
Small Word
Full Word
Other

1

English or East

Direction

2

Eng.

England

Country

3

Jan

January

Winter

4

Feb 

February 

Winter

5

Mar 

March

Spring

6

Apr

April

Spring

7

May

May

Spring

8

Jun

June

Summer

9

Jul

July

Summer

10

Aug

August

Summer

11

Sep

September

Autumn 

12

Oct

October

Autumn

13

Nov

November

Autumn

14

Dec

December

Winter 

15

c/o

Care off

Relation

16

s/o

Son off

Relation

17

d/o

Daughter off

Relation

18

Dr.

Doctor 

Relation

19

B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

Education (Course done after class XII) (Subjects are Language-English or Hindi, Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology) (3 years course duration)

20

M.A.

Master of Arts

Education (Course done after pass out B.A.) (Subjects are Language- English or Hindi, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Archaeology) (2 years course duration)

21

B.Sc.

Bachelor of Science

Education (Course done after pass out class 12th) (Subjects are Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Zoology and mathematics) (3 years course duration)

22

M.Sc.

Master of Science

Education (Course done after pass out B.Sc.) (Subjects are Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Statistics, Life Science & Food Sciences) (2 years course duration)

23

B. Com

Bachelor of Commerce

Education (Course done after pass out class 12th) (Subjects are Accounting, Banking, Financial Management, Information system & management) (3 years course duration)

24

M.Com

Master of Commerce 

Education (Course done after pass out B. Com) (Subjects are Accounting, Banking, Finance, Marketing, Business management)  

25

C.A.

Chartered Accountant

Education (It’s a degree course) (Complete master in Accounting, Banking, Finance & Business management) 

26

M.Phil

Master of Philosophy

Education 

27

JD

Juris Doctor

Education

28

M.D.

Doctor of Medicine 

Education

29

Med.

Medical or medicine

Education

30

DC

Doctor of Chiropractic 

Education

31

PA

Personal Assistant

Education/Job

32

MD

Managing Director

Education/Job

33

VP

Vice President

Education/Job

34

SVP 

Senior Vice President

Education/Job

35

EVP

Executive Vice President

Education/Job

36

CMO

Chief Marketing Officer

Education/Job

37

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

Education/Job 

38

CEO

Chief Executive Office

Education/Job

39

Amt.

Amount

Money

40

a.m.

Ante meridian

Before noon

41

p.m.

Post meridian

After noon

42

A.D.

Anno Domini

used in dates in the current era

43

B.C.

Before Christ

used in dates in the current era

44

e.g.

Exampli Gratia 

Example given

45

Etc.

Etcetera

Other things

46

i.e.

Id est

That is

47

n.b.

Nota bene

Note well or take notice

48

P.S.

To include additional comments

Written after

49

Viz

Videlicet

namely

50

Rd.

Road

Street

51

St.

Street

Road

52

Kgs.

Kilo

Weight 

53

No.

Number

Short forms

54

B.P. 

Blood Pressure

55

B.O.A.C

British Overseas Airways Corporation

 

56

B.B.C

British Broadcasting Corporation

 

57

Capt.

Captain

 

58

Cf.

Compare

 

59

Chap.

Chapter

 

60

Chq.

Cheque

 

61

C.I.D

Criminal Investigation Department

 

62

cm.

Centimetre(s)

 

63

Deg.

Degree(s)

 

64

Dft.

Draft

 

65

Dict.

Dictionary

 

66

D.Litt.

Doctor of Literature

 

67

E. and O.E.

Errors and omissions excepted

 

68

Esp.

Especially

 

69

E.T.

English Translation

 

70

Ex.

Example

 

71

F.

Fahrenheit

 

72

f.o.r.

Free on rail

 

73

Ft.

Foot, feet

 

74

Gaz.

Gazette

 

75

G.P.O.

General Post Office

 

76

H. 

Hydrogen

 

77

Hon.

Honorable

 

78

H.Q.

Headquarters

 

79

I.A.

Indian Army

 

80

ib.

In the same place

 

81

Id.

The same

 

82

I.G.

Inspector General

 

83

Inst.

Instant

 

84

Inv.

Invoice

 

85

I

Italic

 

86

B

Bold

 

87

Junc.

Junction

 

88

Kc.

Kilocycle

 

89

Kw.

Kilo watts

 

90

Lat.

Latin

 

91

Lat.

Latitude

 

92

Lt.

Lieutenant

 

93

Lt.-Gen.

Lieutenant General

 

94

Ltd.

Limited

 

95

Mag.

Magazine

 

96

Maj.

Major

 

97

Misc.

Miscellaneous

 

98

ml.

Milliliter

 

99

M.L.A

Member of Legislative Assembly

 

100

M.L.C

Member of Legislative Council 

 

101

mm.

Millimeters

 

102

M.O.

Medical Officer or Money Order

 

103

Morn.

Morning

 

104

M.P.

Member of Parliament

 

105

m.p.h.

Miles per hour

 

106

Mr.

Master or Mister

 

107

Mrs.

Mistress

 

108

M.S.

Manuscript(s)

 

109

N.B. or n.b.

nota bene

 

110

Neg.

Negative

 

111

No.

In number

 

112

Nos.

Numbers 

 

113

Oxygen

 

114

Off.

Official

 

115

O.K. 

Ore Korrect, All correct

 

116

o.p. 

Out of print

 

117

Opp.

Opposite

 

118

Oz. 

Ounce(s)

 

119

p.

Page(s)

 

120

Per cent.

Per centum, by the hundred

 

121

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

 

122

T.O.

Turn over

 

123

Tr.

Translator

 

124

TV

Television

 

125

U.

Universal

 

126

U.D.C.

Upper division clerk 

 

127

Vb.

Verb

 

128

Vid.

Vide, see

 

129

Viz.

Videlicet

 

130

V.P.

Vice President

 

131

Vt.

Verb transitive

 

132

w.e.f.

With effect from

 

133

w.f. 

Wrong fount

 

134

WHO

World Health Organization

 

135

Wt.

Weight

 

136

X

Numeral for ten

 

137

X. or Xt.

Christ

 

138

Xmas.

Christmas

 

139

Yr.

Year

 

140

Y.M.C.A

Young Men’s Christian Association

 

141

Y.W.C.A

Young Women’s Christian 

 

142

Zn.

Zinc

 

143

&

Ampersand 

Special characters of computer

144

@

At the rate

145

#

Hash

 

146

*

Star or Asterisk

 

147

|

Pipe

 

148

:

Colon 

 

149

;

Simi colon

 

150

.

Full stop, period or dot

 

151

,

Comma

 

152

?

Question mark

 

153

!

Exclamation mark

 

154

Hyphen or dash

 

155

/

Forward or Front slash

 

156

\

Backward or Black slash

 

157

$

Dollar symbol

 

158

Apostrophe

 

159

~

Tilde

 

160

Acute accent or apostrophe

 

161

Grave accent or apostrophe

 

162

()

Left and right parentheses or brackets

 

163

{}

Left right brace second brackets

 

164

[]

Left right Third brackets 

 

165

<> 

Left right angle bracket

 

166

^

carat

 

167

=

Equal to 

 

168

Minus or hyphen 

 

169

%

Percent 

 

170

+

plus

 

171

_

Underscore

 

172

Esc

Escape

 

173

Del

Delete key

 

174

Backspace 

 

175

Tab

Tabulation key

 

176

Caps lock

Capital letter lock

 

177

Ctrl 

Control key

 

178

Alt

Alternate

 

179

Prn scr

Print screen

 

180

Num lock

Numeric lock

 

181

Scr lock

Scroll lock

 

182

Pause/Break

Pause/break

 

183

Ins

Insert key

 

184

Page up or down

Page up and down

 

185

Home

Beginning 

 

186

Ent

Enter key

 

187

End

End key 

 

188

Spacebar

Space key

 

189

Arrows

Up down left right arrow keys

 

190

E

East

Cardinal Direction

191

N

North

192

NE

Northeast

 

193

NW

Northwest

 

194

S

South

 

195

SE

Southeast

 

196

SW

Southwest

 

197

W

west

 

198

Dept.

Department

Short forms 

199

Est.

Established

200

Misc.

 miscellaneous

 

201

No.

Number

 

202

Approx.

Approximately

 

203

Apt.

Apartment

 

204

Appt.

Appointment

 

205

D.I.Y.

Do it yourself

 

206

Min.

Minute 

 

207

Hrs.

Hours

 

208

Temp.

Temperature or temporary

 

209

Tel.

Telephone

 

210

Vs

Versus

 

211

Vet.

Veteran 

 

212

Rs.

Rupees

 

213

D

Dollar

 

214

Gal

Gallon

 

215

Lb 

Pound

 

216

Pt 

Pint

 

217

Qt

Quart

 

218

Acc. Or A/c 

Account(s)

 

219

Addr.

Address

 

220

Adj.

Adjective

 

221

Admin.

Administration

 

222

Adv.

Adverb

 

223

Advt.

Advertisement

 

224

Advoc.

Advocate

 

225

Agric.

Agriculture

 

226

Alph.

Alphabet

 

227

Analyt.

Analytical

 

228

Anim.

Animals

 

229

Anniv

Anniversary

 

230

Apol.

Apology

 

231

App

Internet Application 

 

232

Arch.

Architecture

 

233

Art.

Article

 

234

Attrib.

Attributive

 

235

Bef.

Before

 

236

Biog.

Biography

 

237

Bk.

Book

 

238

Bord.

Border

 

239

Build

Building

 

240

c.

Century

 

241

Cal.

Calendar

 

242

Calc.

Calculator

 

243

Capt.

Captain

 

244

Cert.

Certificate

 

245

Ch.

Church

 

246

Chem.

Chemical

 

247

Circ.

Circle

 

248

civ.Law

Civil law

 

249

Civil Engg.

Civil engineering

 

250

CL.

Club

 

251

Col.

Colonel

 

252

Coll.

College

 

253

Comm.

common

 

254

Comp.

Company

 

255

Concl.

Conclusion

 

256

Cpd.

Compound

 

257

Crim.

Criminal

 

258

Crt. (s)

Court (s)

 

259

Dau.

Daughter

 

260

Declar.

Declaration

 

261

Def.

Definite or definition 

 

262

Dept.

Department

 

263

Dep.

Deputy

 

264

Dict.

Dictionary

 

265

Dis.

Diseases

 

266

Dist.

District

 

267

div.

Division

 

268

East Ind.

East indies or east Indian

 

269

East.

Eastern

 

270

Econ.

Economics

 

271

Ed.

Edition

 

272

Egypt.

Egyptian

 

273

Electr.

Electricity

 

274

Eng.

English

 

275

Enq.

Enquiry

 

276

Equip.

Equipment

 

277

Ess.

Essay

 

278

Establ.

Establishment

 

279

Even.

Evening

 

280

Evid.

Evidence

 

281

Exam.

Examination

 

282

Exch.

Exchange

 

283

Exec.

Execution

 

284

Exhib.

Exhibition

 

285

Fem.

Feminine

 

286

Ff.

Folios

 

287

Fig.

Figure

 

288

Freq.

Frequently

 

289

Fund.

Fundamentals

 

290

Gaz.

Gazette

 

291

Gd.

Good

 

292

Gen.

General

 

293

Geo.

Geography

 

294

Govt.

Government

 

295

Gram.

Grammar

 

296

Hist.

History or historical

 

297

Hosp.

Hospital

 

298

Husb.

Husbandry

 

299

Illustr.

Illustrated

 

300

Ind.

India(n) or industry

 

301

Infl.

Influence

 

302

Inq.

Inquiry

 

303

Inst.

Institute

 

304

Instr.

Instruction

 

305

Intro.

Introduction

 

306

Ind.

India

 

307

Jap.

Japan or Japanese

 

308

Jrnl.

Journal

 

309

Judg.

judges

 

310

Knowl.

Knowledge

 

311

lab

Laboratory

 

312

Lang.

Language

 

313

Let.

Letter

 

314

Libr.

Library

 

315

Mag.

Magazine

 

316

Mach.

Machinery or machines

 

317

Math.

Mathematics

 

318

Meas.

Measure

 

319

Med.

Medicine or medical

 

320

Meth.

Methods

 

321

Mil.

Military

 

322

Misc.

Miscellaneous

 

323

Mt.

Mountain(s)

 

324

Mus.

Museum

 

325

Myst.

Mystery

 

326

N.Afr.

North African

 

327

Narr.

Narrative

 

328

Nav.

Navigation

 

329

Navig.

Navigation

 

330

Neighb.

Neighbors

 

331

Nom.

Nominative

 

332

N.Y.

New York

 

333

N.Z

New Zealand

 

334

Obj.

Object(s)

 

335

Observ.

Observations

 

336

Occur.

Occurrence

 

337

Off.

Official

 

338

Opp.

Opposite

 

339

Opt.

Optics

 

340

Ord.

Order(s)

 

341

Orac.

Oracle(s)

 

342

Orig.

Original

 

343

Oxf.

Oxford

 

344

p.

Page

 

345

Pass.

Passive(ly)

 

346

Path.

Pathology

 

347

Perf.

Perfect

 

348

Pf.

Perfect

 

349

Pharm.

Pharmaceutical

 

350

Phil.

Philosophy

 

351

Pict.

Pictures

 

352

Pl.

Plural

 

353

Poet.

Poetical

 

354

Pop.

Popular

 

355

Polit.

Political

 

356

Pott.

Pottery

 

357

Postm.

Postmaster

 

358

P.R.

Public records

 

359

Pref.

Prefix

 

360

Princ.

Principles

 

361

Prop.

Properly

 

362

Psych.

Psychology

 

363

Pt.

Part

 

364

Publ.

Public or publication

 

365

Q

Queen

 

366

Quot.

Quotation

 

367

Reas.

Reasons

 

368

Rec.

Records

 

369

Recoll.

Recollection

 

370

Ref.

Reference

 

371

Refl.

Reflections

 

372

Reg.

Regular or register

 

373

Rel.

Related

 

374

Relig.

Religion or religious

 

375

Rept.

Report

 

376

Resid.

Residence

 

377

Revol.

Revolution

 

378

Sch.

School

 

379

Sci.

Sciences or scientific

 

380

Scot.

Scottish

 

381

Script.

Scripture

 

382

Select.

Selection

 

383

Ser.

Series.

 

384

Ser.

Several

 

385

Soc.

Society

 

386

Spec.

Special or specimens

 

387

SS.

Saints

 

388

Stand.

Standard

 

389

Stat

Statistical

 

390

Str.

Strong

 

391

Struct.

Structure

 

392

Stud.

Studies

 

393

Subj.

Subject

 

394

Subscr.

Subscription

 

395

Suff.

Suffix

 

396

Suppl

Supplement

 

397

Surg.

Surgical

 

398

Surv.

Survey (ing)

 

399

Syll.

Syllable

 

400

Syst.

System

 

401

Techn.

Technical

 

402

Tel

Telegraph

 

403

Telecomm.

Telecommunications

 

404

Telegr.

Telegraph

 

405

Test.

Testament

 

406

Textbk.

Textbook

 

407

Topogr.

Topography

 

408

Trans.

Transactions

 

409

Treat.

Treatise

 

410

Treas.

Treasurer

 

411

Trop.

Tropical

 

412

Troub.

Troublesome

 

413

U.K.

United Kingdom

 

414

Univ.

University

 

415

Unkn.

Unknown

 

416

Urin.

Urinary

 

417

U.S.

United States

 

418

Usu.

Usually

 

419

Vac.

Vacation

 

420

Var.

Variant

 

421

Vb.

Verb

 

422

Veg.

Vegetable

 

423

Venet.

Venetian

 

424

Vic

Victoria

 

425

Voc.

Vocabulary

 

426

Vol.

Volume

 

427

Wd.

Word

 

428

West.

Western

 

429

W.Indies

West Indies

 

430

Wisd.

Wisdom

 

431

Wk

Weak or week or work

 

432

Wks

Works

 

433

Yng.

Young

 

434

Yrs.

Year(s)

 

435

Zool.

Zoology or zoological

All are short form of English words

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