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Abbreviations used in work titles

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This list contains the most common abbreviations used for words in work titles in the OED. Click on a letter to see the abbreviations beginning with that letter.

Note that the words are not always found in abbreviated form.

Other lists of abbreviations are available:

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Abbreviations used in definitions and etymologies
Abbreviations of author names
Shakespearean plays
Books of the Bible
Months of the year
Collation of language names

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