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abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviation هو عبارة عن تقصير للكلمات والعبارات مثل
i.e = that is , from id est

بعض الاختصارات تلفظ كحروف منفصلة مثل : EU = European Union


النوع الثاني من الاختصارات يعرف بل acronyms وتعرف ب :
They are formed from the first letters (or occasionally syllables) of a word or series of words and are pronounced as a word

NATO= North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

لمزيد من المعلومات حول هذا الموضوع – يرجى الرجوع إلى الموضوع
Easy and Simple Morphology


بعد الاختصارات لها اكثر من معنى مثلا PC =
Personal computer – police constable

Exercise

What do these abbreviations stand for ?

UNESCO
GMT
OPEC

سنناقش اليوم prefixex محتوية على حروف جر اي preposition -based prefixes

1- Over

This prefix may indicate
1- excess
The film was overrated in my view = people said it was better than it really was

2- cover
In this program, you can choose to overwrite the existing file = cover\ replace the old text with the new text

3- cross
Will you be staying overnight= from one day to the next

The prefix under may indicate
1- less
The company is seriously understaffed= lacking staff

2- below
The underlying question is very difficult = the deeper question

3-
negative

I wish you would not undermine everything I do = attack, weaken



The airline upgraded me to business class= changed my ticket to a better class



cross-cultural misunderstandings often happen
= between people of different cultures

Exercise

Decide which of the meanings of over- and under- are most obvious in the words underlined.

A detailed list of awards is given overleaf

During the cruise, a child fell overboard and drowned

He has an overbearing personality

عزيزتي جيلا أنا وياج . لكن مرهقة واااااااايد من ضغط الدوام مب قادرة حتى أفتح عيني على الكمبيوتر.
أنتظريني أن شاء راح أحل التمارين في أجازة نهاية الأسبوع هذا.

محبتك دانة

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
GMT:Greenwich Mean Time
OPEC:Orgnization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

ماني فاهمة بس أعتقد :
He has an overbearing personality

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