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2 天前 · In the military, one's mandate is to follow the commands (and sometimes the countermands) of the officers. Doing their bidding is not particularly commendable—it's simply mandatory. The Latin verb mandare, meaning "to entrust" or "to order," is the authority behind countermand. It's also behind the words mandate, command, demand, commend ...
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An abbreviation is a shortened form of a written word or phrase. Abbreviations may be used to save space and time, to avoid repetition of long words and phrases, or simply to conform to conventional usage.
The styling of abbreviations is inconsistent and arbitrary and includes many possible variations. 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 ...
Acronyms are abbreviations formed from the initial letters of an expanded phrase and usually do not include periods: PR for public relations, CEO for chief executive officer, and BTW for by the way. Some acronyms are pronounced as words: FEMA for Federal Emergency Management Agency and NATO for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Although some peop...
Middle English abbreviacioun \"contraction, shortening,\" borrowed from Anglo-French abreviation, borrowed from Late Latin abbreviātiōn-, abbreviātiō, from abbreviāre \"to abbreviate\" + Latin -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns
letter: [noun] a symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet.
acquit: [verb] to discharge completely (as from an accusation or obligation).
grateful: [adjective] appreciative of benefits received. expressing gratitude.
recommend: [verb] to present as worthy of acceptance or trial. to endorse as fit, worthy, or competent.
