Pogledajte spisak najčešće korišćenih skraćenica u engleskom jeziku, tipove skraćenica, kao i specifične slučajeve skraćivanja reči.

A

 

• a.m. » ante meridiem, before midday – prepodne
• ABC » American Broadcasting Company – Američka radiodifuzna kompanija
• a/c » [British English] » Account – račun
• a/c » [American English] » air conditioning – klima, klimatizovano
• acct. » [American English] » Account – račun
• AC » alternating current – naizmenična struja
• AD » anna domini, in the Year of the Lord – nova era
• approx. » Approximately – otprilike
• Ave. » Avenue – avenija

B

 

• BA » Bachelor of Arts – diplomac; British Airways – britanski aerotransport
• B.o.T. [British English] » Board of Trade – trgovačka komora
• B&B (B+B) » Bed and Breakfast – noćenje sa doručkom
• BBC [British English] » British Broadcasting Corporation – Britanska radiodifuzna korporacija
• BC » before Christ – pre Hrista, pre nove ere
• BO » body odour – miris tela
• BR » British Rail – britanska železnica
• Bros. » Brothers – braća
• BST » British Summer Time – Britansko letnje vreme
• BT » British Telecom – britanski telekom
• BTA » British Tourist Authority – britanska turistička zajednica

C

 

• CET » Central European Time – Centralno Evropsko vreme (GMT +1)
• cf. (confer) » compare – uporediti
• CIA [American English] » Central Intelligence Agency – centralna obaveštajna agencija
• CID [British English] » Criminal Investigation Department – odeljenje za istragu kriminala
• c.i.f. » cost, insurance, freight – cena, osiguranje, tovar
• CST [American English] » Central Standard Time – centralno standardno vreme
• CV » curriculum vitae – biografija

D

 

• DA [American English] » district attorney – okružni tužilac
• DC » direct current – jednosmerna struja
• DIY » do-it-yourself – uradi sam

E

 

• EC » European Community – evropska zajednica
• e.g. » exempli gratia, for example – na primer
• encl. » Enclosed – priloženo
• etc. » et cetera – i tako dalje

F

 

• FAQ » Frequently Asked Questions – najčešće postavljana pitanja
• fig. » Figure – cifra
• ft. » feet – stopa, mera za dužinu (30,48 cm)

G

 

• gal. [American English] » gallon – galon, mera za tečnost (3,785 l)
• gal. [British English] » gallon – galon, mera za tečnost (4,564 l)
• GCSE » General Certificate of Secondary Education – sertifikat o opštem srednjem obrazovanju
• GMT » Greenwich Mean Time – računanje vremena po Griniču
• GPS » Global Positioning System – globalni sistem za pozicioniranje

H

 

• HP » Horsepower – konjska snaga
• h&c » hot and cold – toplo i hladno
• hr » Hour – sat
• HRH » Her/His Royal Highness – njeno/njegovo visočanstvo
• ht » Height – visina

I

 

• i.e. » id est, that is – to jest

L

 

• lb » pound – funta (453,59 g)
• Ltd » Limited – ograničen

M

 

• MA » Master of Arts – magistar
• mph » miles per hour – milja na čas
• Mr » Mister – gospodin
• Mrs » Missis – gospođa
• Ms » Miss – gospođica

N

 

• NBC [American English] » National Broadcasting Company – nacionalna radiodifuzna kompanija
• no » Number – broj

O

 

• OAP » old-age pensioner – penzioner
• OHP » overhead projector – grafoskop, videoskop

P

 

• p.a. » per annum – godišnje
• p.m. » post meridiem, after midday – poslepodne
• PE » Physical Education – fizičko vaspitanje
• pp » Pages – stranice
• pt » Part, pint, point – deo
• pto » please turn over – okrenite na drugu stranu

R

 

• R & D » research and development – istraživanje i razvoj
• re » with reference to – odnosi se na
• ROI » return on investment – povrat ulaganja
• RSVP » repondez s’il vous plait, please reply – molimo odgovorite

S

 

• s.a.e. » stamped addressed envelope – pečatirana adresirana koverta

V

 

• VAT » value added tax – porez na dodatnu vrednost (pdv)
• VIP » very important person – veoma važna osoba

£

 

• £ » pound (money) – funta

There are three commonly used types of abbreviations in the English language: Abbreviations, contractions and acronyms.

Abbreviations

These are formed by omitting letters from the end of a word:

• Medical Sciences ⇒ Med Sci
• Doctorate of Philosophy ⇒ DPhil
• ante meridiem ⇒ am
• post meridiem ⇒ pm

Don’t use full stops after any abbreviations.

Contractions

These are formed by omitting letters from the middle of a word:

• Mister ⇒ Mr
• Doctor ⇒ Dr
• The Reverend ⇒ The Revd
• Saint ⇒ St

 Acronyms

These are formed from the initial letters of words (whether the result is pronounceable as a word or as a series of letters):

• British Broadcasting Corporation ⇒ BBC
• Master of Arts ⇒ MA
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ⇒ AIDS
• Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences ⇒ MPLS
• Planning and Resource Allocation Committee ⇒ PRAC
• Pro-Vice-Chancellor ⇒ PVC

When using an acronym that may be unfamiliar, spell it out in full the first time it is mentioned, with the acronym following in brackets; thereafter, use the acronym alone:

• The decision was made by the Planning and Resource Allocation Committee (PRAC). There are several meetings of PRAC every term.

Street

• Saint Ebbe’s Street ⇒ St Ebbe’s St

People’s initials:

• use a space to separate each initial (eg J R R Tolkien, C S Lewis)

Measurements:

• when discussing large numbers in text, it is fine to use k/m/bn as shorter ways of spelling out 1,000/1,000,000/1,000,000,000 (or writing out “one thousand”/”one million”/”one billion”) as long as you are consistent throughout the document

Names of universities:

• awarding bodies in lists of qualifications can be abbreviated to shorter forms if it is clear what university you are referring to: Camb, Oxf, UCL etc. Use English names, not Latin ones, as not all universities have a Latin name (eg Oxf instead of Oxon)

Latin abbreviations:

• if you are using Latin abbreviations, make sure you know what they mean and when to use them (and do not use full stops after them)
• eg [exempli gratia] – means “such as”; use with examples which are not exhaustive (and do not follow with a comma): Oxford offers many language courses, eg Russian, French, Spanish [those are some, but not all, of the language courses offered]
• ie [id est] – means “that is”; use with definitions or lists which are exhaustive (and do not follow with a comma): Catch a Blackbird Leys bus, ie numbers 1 or 5 [those are the only buses which go to Blackbird Leys]
• ibid [ibidem] – means “the same”; use when making a subsequent reference/citation to a publication or other source mentioned in the immediately preceding note (ie no references to anything else have appeared in between): For a fuller explanation of telepathy, see Brown [Speaking with the Mind, Chicago (1945) p 125]; also in Brown is further information on cats and telepathy [ibid, p 229]

Linear measures

• 1 inch (in) = 2,54 cm
• 1 foot (ft) = 12 inches = 30,48 cm
• 1 yard (yd) = 3 feet = 91,44 cm
• 1 furlong (fur) = 220 yards = 201,17 m
• 1 mile (m) = 1760 yards = 1.609 km
• 1 league = 3 miles = 4,828 km

Nautical measures

• 1 fathom = 6 feet = 1,829 m
• 1 cable = 608 feet = 185,31 m
• 1 nautical, sea mile = 10 cables = 1,852 km
• 1 sea league = 3 nautical miles = 5,550 km

Liquid measures of capacity

British

• 1 gill = 0,142 l
• 1 pint (pt) = 4 gills = 0,568 l
• 1 quart (qt) = 2 pints = 1,136 l
• 1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts = 4,564 l
• 1 barrel = 35 gallons = 159,106 l
• 1 barrel = 36 gallons (Bier) = 163,656 l

American

• 1 gill = 0,118 l
• 1 pint = 4 gills = 0,473 l
• 1 quart = 2 pints = 0,946 l
• 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 3,785 l
• 1 barrel = 42 gallons = 159,106 l

Temperature conversion

Fahrenheit > Celsius (subtract 32 and multiply by 5/9)

• 0 °F = -17,8 °C
• 50 °F = 10 °C
• 100 °F = 37,7 °C
• 200 °F = 93,3 °C

Celsius > Fahrenheit (multiply by 9/5 and add 32)

• 0 °C = 32 °F
• 30 °C = 86 °F
• 50 °C = 122 °F
• 100 °C = 212 °F

Avoirdupois weights

• 1 grain (gr) = 0,065 g
• 1 dram (dr) = 27,3438 grains = 1,772 g
• 1 ounce (oz) = 16 drams = 28,35 g
• 1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces = 453,59 g
• 1 stone = 14 pounds = 6,348 kg
• 1 quarter = 28 pounds = 12,701 kg
• 1 hundredweight (cwt) = 112 pounds (Brit) = 50,8 kg = 100 pounds (US) = 45,36 kg
• 1 ton = 20 cwt (Brit) = 1016 kg = 2000 pounds (US) = 907,185 kg

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