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Coll.
Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
📖 Definitions of "Coll."
adjective
- 1
Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
"The colloquial and at times sarcastic tone of her books make her popular with teenagers."
- 2
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Coll."
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hist.noun | Abbreviation of historian. [A writer of history.] |
| biog.noun | Abbreviation of biography. [A person's life story, especially one published.] |
| ger.noun | (law) Abbreviation of Germany. [A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments.] |
| edd. | — |
| sens.noun | — |
| rel.noun | (grammar) Abbreviation of relative. [Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.] |
| pol.noun | (law) Abbreviation of Poland. [A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.] |
| ser.noun | (law) Abbreviation of series. [A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.] |
| sch.noun | (law) Abbreviation of school. [(India, Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.] |
| phys.noun | Abbreviation of physics. [The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.] |
| del.noun | (law) Abbreviation of Delaware: a state of the United States, as used in case citations. [A river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay.] |
| fol.noun | (law) Abbreviation of folio. [A leaf of a book or manuscript.] |
| obs.noun | Abbreviation of obstetrics. [(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.] |
| brit.noun | Abbreviation of Britain. [(loosely) The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland.] |
| cit. | Abbreviation of cited. |
| ind.noun | Abbreviation of India: a country in South Asia. [A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.] |
| diss.noun | — |
| gen.noun | (title) Abbreviation of General (military rank). |
| mart.noun | (Roman Catholicism) Abbreviation of martyrology. [The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly] |
| nat.noun | Abbreviation of natural. [Existing in nature.] |
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