abbreviate
/ə.ˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt//əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/
verb
- 1
To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- 2
To speak or write in a brief manner.
- 3
To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- 4
To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- 5
To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
noun
- 1
An abridgment.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
- 2
Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
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