Xxn Abbreviation List 2023 (2024)

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How do you abbreviate answers? ›

Most commonly, ANS is an abbreviation word for answer.

This online-only Dictionary of Abbreviations, exclusive to Oxford Reference Online, includes over 100,000 abbreviations and acronyms in alphabetical and numerical order, including the world's airports, airlines, currencies, astronomical signs and symbols, atomic numbers, and stocks codes, as well as computer, country, ...

The number of possible three-letter abbreviations using the 26 letters of the alphabet from A to Z (AAA, AAB, ... to ZZY, ZZZ) is 26 × 26 × 26 = 17,576.

A list of abbreviations is a list of all the abbreviations that you used in your thesis or dissertation. It should appear at the beginning of your document, with items in alphabetical order, just after your table of contents.

Arrange your abbreviations alphabetically. Abbreviations must align with the document's left margin or be indented to the right of the left page margin using consistent tabs. If an entry takes up more than one line, single-space between the two lines. Include one double-spaced line between each entry.

Some abbreviations are formed by omitting all but the first few letters of a word; such abbreviations usually end in a period: Oct. for October, univ. for university, and cont. for continued. Other abbreviations are formed by omitting letters from the middle of the word and usually also end in a period: govt.

Abbreviations should only be used if the organization or term appears two or more times in the text. Spell out the full term at its first mention, indicate its abbreviation in parenthesis and use the abbreviation from then on, with the exception of acronyms that would be familiar to most readers, such as MCC and USAID.

All acronyms are abbreviations. However, if you want to split hairs, KFC isn't actually an acronym because it's not pronounceable in the way that NASA or LASER are pronounceable. It's more accurately called an initialism, like FBI or NHS, which is an abbreviation that is not pronounceable.

What does DDF stand for? DDF is a simple concept: drug and disease-free. It's a widely used indicator that many Grindr users look for when screening matches. Basically, someone's trying to tell you they aren't carrying any STDs or STIs and aren't into drugs. This slang isn't the exclusive property of the LGBTQ scene.

Is OMG an acronym? ›

The earliest known use of the word OMG is in the 1910s. OED's earliest evidence for OMG is from 1917, in a letter by J. A. F. Fisher. OMG is formed within English, as an initialism. Etymons: English oh my God.

True love always. American Heritage. Tlaxcala, a state of Mexico. Wiktionary. Three-letter acronym; or, three-letter abbreviation.

The world's longest acronym, according to the Guinness Book of World Records is NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTROMONT (Russian: Нииомтплабопармбетжелбетрабсбомонимонконотдтехстромонт).

Adcomsubordcomphibspac is the longest English acronym. It's a navy term which stands for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command.

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