Nota del administrador: En construcción
Siempre resulta de gran utilidad, entender lo que significan las abreviaturas que aparecen citadas en todos los diccionarios y enciclopedias de cualquier idioma. En este caso, hemos recopilado una lista de las abreviaturas que se emplean en los de lengua inglesa; por tanto y de un modo similar a las entradas que se irán progresivamente realizando para el caso de los diccionarios y enciclopedias de lengua española, comenzamos también por la letra A del alfabeto.
Letter A:
- A: Adult
- A.A.: Anti-aircraft
- A.A.: Automobile Association
- A.A.A.: Amateur Athletic Association
- A.A.A.: Agricultural Adjustment Administration
- A.A.G.: Assistant Adjustant-General
- A. and M.: Ancient and Modern
- A.A.Q.M.G.: Assistant Adjustant and Quartermaster-General
- A.B.: Able-bodied seaman
- A-bomb: Atomic bomb
- abbrev.: Abbreviation
- abl.: Ablative
- Abp.: Archbishop
- abs.: Absolute
- A. C.: Aircraftman
- A/C.: Alpine Club
- a. c.: Alternanting current, ante Christum
- a/c: Account
- A.C.A.: Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
- acc.: According
- accus.: Accusative
- A.C.F.: Army Cadet Force
- A.C.I.S.: Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries
- act.: Active
- A.C.W.: Aircraftwoman
- A.D.: Anno Domini
- A.D.C.: Aide-de-camp, Amateur Dramatic Club
- ad fin.: Ad finem
- ad init.: Ad initium
- adj.; adjs.: Adjective, Adjectives
- Adjt: Adjutant
- ad lib.:Ad libitum
- adv.; advs.: Adverb. Adverbs
- advt.: Advertisement
- A.E.F.: Allied Expeditionary Force
- A.E.U.: Amaigamated Engineering Union
- AF: Anglo-French
- A.F.A.: Amateur Football Association
- A.F.A.S.: Associate od the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors
- A.F.C.: Air Force Cross
- Afr.: Africa, African
- A.F.S.: Army Fire Service; Auxiliary Fire Service
- A.F.V.: Armoured Fighting Vehicle
- A.G.: Adjutant-General; air-gunner
- A.H.: Anno Hegirae
- alg.: Algebra
- a.l.: Autograph letter
- Ala.: Alabama
- Alas.: Alaska
- Alban.: St. Albans (Bishop)
- Ald.: Alderman
- a.l.s.: Autograph letter signed
- allus.: Allusive
- a.m.: Anno Mundi; ante meridiem
- A.M.: Air Ministry; Albert Medal; Master of Arts
- A.M.D.G.: Ad majorem Dei gloriam
- Amer.: America, American
- A.M.I.C.E.: Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
- A.M.I.E.E.: Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
- A.M.I.Mech.E.: Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- A.M.S.: Army Medical Staff; Army Medical Service
- A.M.S.E.: Associate Member of the Society of Engineers
- anal.: Analogy
- anat.: Anatomy
- Anglo-Ind.: Anglo-Indian
- anon.: Anonymous
- antiq.: Antiquities
- anthrop.: Anthropology
- A.O.C. (=in C).: Air Officer Commanding (=in Chief)
- A.of F.: Admiral of the Fleet
- A.P.: Associated Press
- A.P.M.: Assistant Provost-Marshal
- Apocr.: Apocrypha
- app.: Appendix; Apparently
- app.: Appendix
- Apr.: April
- A.Q.M.G.: Assistant Quartermaster-General
- A.R.: Advice of receipt; annual return
- A.R.A.: Associate of the Royal Academy
- Arab.: Arabic
- A.R.A.M.: Associate of the Royal Academy of Music
- Aram.: Aramaic
- arbitr.: Arbitrary
- A.R.C.A.: Associate of the Royal College of Art
- archaeol.: Archaeology
- archit.: Architecture
- A.R.C.M.: Associate of the Royal College of Music
- A.R.C.O.: Associate of the Royal College of Organists
- A.R.C.S.: Associate of the Royal College of Science
- Argyl.: Argyllshire
- A.R.I.B.A.: Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- arith.: Arithmetic
- Ariz.: Arizona
- Ark.: Arkansas
- A.R.P.: Air-raid precautions
- Arr.: Arrives etc.
- A.R.W.S.: Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-colours
- A.S.: Anglo-Saxon
- A.S.E.: Associated Society of Engineers; Associate of the Society of Engineers
- Aslib: Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux
- A.S.R.S.: Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
- assim.: Assimilated
- assoc.: Associated
- Asst: Assistant
- astrol.: Astrology
- at.: Atomic
- A.T.C.: Air Training Corps
- A.T.S.: Auxiliary Territorial Service
- attrib.: Atributive
- A.U.: Angström unit
- A.U.C.: Ab urbe condita; anno urbis conditae
- Aug.: August
- augment.: Augmentative
- Austral.: Australia, Australian
- auxil.: Auxiliary
- A.V.: Authorized Version (of the Bible)
- avdp.: Avoirdupois
- A.W.O.L.: Absent with-out leave
