Abbreviate
[ə'briːvɪeɪt] or [ə'brivɪ'et]
Definition
(v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
(v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
(a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
(a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
(n.) An abridgment.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, abridge, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune,compress
ANT:Lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate
Typist: Sonia
Definition
v.t. to make brief or short: to abridge.—ns. Abbreviā′tion Abbrē′viature a shortening a part of a word put for the whole; Abbrē′viator one who abbreviates.—adj. Abbrē′viatory.
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Examples
- The Seven Churches--thus they abbreviate it--came next on the list. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The commands were abbreviated and the movement expedited. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A description of these processes would be interesting, but even in an abbreviated form would fill a book. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Thea