abbreviationPronunciation: /əbriːvɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/Translate abbreviation | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of abbreviation noun a shortened form of a word or phrase: SKU is the abbreviation for Stock Keeping Unit [mass noun] the process of abbreviating something: nursing records must be written without abbreviationabbreviation in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of abbreviation in the US English dictionary