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APOCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
Example:
the British get 'pud' from 'pudding' by apocope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("apocope" is a kind of...):
abbreviation (a shortened form of a word or phrase)
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