abbreviated

/əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd//əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To shorten by omitting parts or details.

  2. 2

    To speak or write in a brief manner.

  3. 3

    To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.

  4. 4

    To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

  5. 5

    To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

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adjective

  1. 1

    Shortened; made briefer.

    “The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.”
  2. 2

    Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.

  3. 3

    Scanty, as in clothing.

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