Guide to Collins English Dictionary abbreviations
| adj | adjective |
| adv | adverb(ial) |
| anthropol | anthropology |
| archaeol | archaeology |
| architect | architecture |
| Austral | Australian |
| bacteriol | bacteriology |
| biochem | biochemistry |
| Brit | Britain; British |
| C | century (eg C14 = 14th century) |
| °C | degrees Celsius |
| chem | chemistry |
| conj | conjunction |
| crystallog | crystallography |
| E | east(ern) |
| eg | for example |
| embryol | embryology |
| entomol | entomology |
| esp | especially |
| est | estimate |
| fem | feminine |
| foll | followed |
| ft | foot or feet |
| ichthyol | ichthyology |
| ie | that is |
| immunol | immunology |
| in | inch(es) |
| interj | interjection |
| intr | intransitive |
| km | kilometre(s) |
| m | metre(s) |
| maths | mathematics |
| med | medicine |
| meteorol | meteorology |
| myth | mythology |
| n | noun |
| N | north(ern) |
| NE | northeast(em) |
| no | number |
| NW | northwest(ern) |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| ophthalmol | ophthalmology |
| ornithol | ornithology |
| palaeontol | palaeontology |
| pathol | pathology |
| pharmacol | pharmacology |
| photog | photography |
| physiol | physiology |
| pl | plural |
| pop | population |
| prep | preposition(al) |
| pron | pronoun |
| psychol | psychology |
| pt | point |
| RC | Roman Catholic |
| S | south(ern) |
| Scot | Scottish; Scots |
| SE | southeast(ern) |
| sing | singular |
| sociol | sociology |
| sq | square |
| SW | southwest(ern) |
| telecomm | telecommunications |
| theol | theology |
| tr | transitive |
| US | United States |
| vb | verb |
| vet | veterinary |
| w | west(ern) |
| wt | weight |