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Abbreviated
/əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/
To shorten by omitting parts or details.
📖 Definitions of "Abbreviated"
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.
adjective
- 1
Shortened; made briefer.
"The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half."
- 2
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
- 3
Scanty, as in clothing.
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