12 Essential Acronyms for Work
About course
Do you need to improve your business English? Are you wondering what IAM or OOO mean when you come across them online? Take our lesson and discover the most common abbreviations used in your work chats.
This brief course will assist you in becoming proficient with English abbreviations that are essential for effective business communication.
Interactive exercises are available on our platform, along with a list of new words and examples of their usage in context, all waiting for you.
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Level:
Аdvanced
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20 minutes
- 1 lesson
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8
tasks
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Teacher's language:
English
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Interactive exercises
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Flashcards
Course program
1 LESSON
Reading
Reading texts with examples of the use of abbreviations in context
Tasks
Exercises to consolidate the material with the possibility to check yourself
Flashcards
Flash cards for effective memorization of new vocabulary
Who is this course for
This course is useful for professionals seeking to improve communication skills in a professional environment. It will give you the vocabulary to communicate effectively in work chats.
The course will be appealing to anyone who wishes to promptly apply the skills they have acquired. You can take an online lesson and, on the same day, put the acquired knowledge into practice by corresponding with colleagues.
What will you get after the course
This course will assist you in effectively communicating within a professional environment. Through interactive exercises and real-life examples, you will quickly master this vocabulary and be able to apply it to your work communications today.
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Level:
Аdvanced
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20 minutes
- 1 lesson
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8
tasks
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Teacher's language:
English
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Interactive exercises
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Flashcards
People say that modern languages around the world are rapidly simplifying, especially English. From lengthy and complex structures, we’re shifting to shorter, more understandable ones; long and intricate sentences are being broken down into more compact and concise forms, while cumbersome words or phrases in English are shortened to abbreviations. These kinds of abbreviations have recently become an integral part of our lives. The main purpose of them is to make communication easier and to save time in absorbing information. So, if you speak English in your everyday or professional life, rest assured that English abbreviations are essential.
Why is it essential to learn English abbreviations?
Abbreviations are shortened forms of one or more words, created by selecting or reducing certain letters within words.
If you google informal messages from native speakers, you’ll see an abundance of various shortened forms, ranging from the well-known thnx (thanks) to brb (be right back). You’ve probably already realized that these little words are indispensable in today’s communication in foreign languages, including English.
There are several ways to form abbreviations, in English, which include:
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Acronyms
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Word Shortenings
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End-of-word Truncations
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Latin-Based type
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Other Types
Let's go through each type of English abbreviation:
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Acronyms
Acronyms are abbreviations created by taking the first letter of each word in a phrase:
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As far as I know — AFAIK
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Also known as — AKA
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As soon as possible — ASAP
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Be right back — BRB
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Call you later — CUL
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Just kidding — JK
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Miss you — MU
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Talk to you later — TTYL
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Word Shortenings
These shortenings have recently become popular in Ukrainian cafes and restaurants, if you know what I mean. These are abbreviations in which vowels are omitted:
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About — abt
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Because — bc
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Don’t know — dno
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Going to — gonna
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Have — hv
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However — hwr
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Please — pls
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Really — rly
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Something — smth
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Thanks — thnx
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Week — w
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Want to — wanna
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End-of-word truncations
In this case, it’s simple — endings are removed to make words shorter:
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documents — docs
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immediately — imm
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father — fath
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mother — moth
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necessary — nec
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today — tod
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tomorrow — tom
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Latin-based abbreviations
Some expressions were borrowed from Latin and are used in various modern languages in their abbreviated form:
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etc. — et cetera
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e.g. — exempli gratia
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vs — versus
English Abbreviations for work — a quick overview
Modern business English is also rich in various shortened word forms frequently used in business correspondence. A course by Booyya is dedicated to this topic, covering the most relevant English abbreviations for work. By completing it, you’ll learn what abbreviations like these mean:
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TBA — to be announced
Instead of the time there was TBA, so I expected one more message.
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OOO — out of office
Don’t disturb me today, I’m OOO!
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FYI — for your information
Just FYI, John sent you a meeting invitation on Slack.
Along with a list of popular English abbreviations, you’ll find:
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reading texts in various contexts;
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interactive exercises to reinforce the material;
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flashcards for efficient memorization of new words.
So, in just one lesson of our course, you’ll be able to learn 25 new shortened forms of words, practice their real-world use, and gain a new set of skills for work and business. Note that the material is designed for an Advanced level. Let’s get to practice!
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