| NOUN | communication | apocope | abbreviation of a word by omitting the final / final sound or sounds |
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| Meaning | abbreviation of a word by omitting the final / final sound or sounds. | |
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| Example | "the British get 'pud' from 'pudding' by apocope" | |
| Broader | abbreviation | A shortened form of a word or phrase |
| Spanish | apócope | |
| Catalan | apòcope | |
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