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abbreviate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb abbreviate has 2 senses
- abbreviate(v = verb.change) abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
- abbreviate(v = verb.change) Array - shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" is one way to reduce
Derived form noun abbreviator1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun abbreviation1, noun abbreviator1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
abbreviate, v. t. [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See Abridge.].
- To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. [1913 Webster]"It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off." [1913 Webster]
- To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. [1913 Webster]
abbreviate, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.].
- Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. Earle. [1913 Webster]
- Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. [1913 Webster]
abbreviate, n.
An abridgment. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
abbreviate, v.tr. shorten, esp. represent (a word etc.) by a part of it.
Etymology
ME f. LL abbreviare shorten f. brevis short: cf. ABRIDGE
THESAURUS
abbreviate
abridge, abstract, attenuate, be telegraphic, blot out, blue-pencil, bob, boil down, bowdlerize, cancel, capsulize, censor, circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, cramp, crop, cross out, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, decrease, delete, dock, draw, draw in, draw together, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate, extenuate, foreshorten, kill, knit, mow, narrow, nip, omit, poll, pollard, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, retrench, rub out, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snub, solidify, strangle, strangulate, strike, strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, void, waste no words, wrinkleROGET THESAURUS
abbreviate
Compendium
VB abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize, make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract, recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up, abbreviate, condense, compile.Shortness
VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).
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