Sekirov Dictionary

abbreviate

/əˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/

verb5

  1. To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  2. To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  3. To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
  4. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
  5. (no longer used) To speak or write in a brief manner.

noun1

  1. (Scotland, no longer used) An abridgment.
abbreviate
/əˈbɹi.vi.ət/

adjective3

  1. Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
  2. (no longer used) Abbreviated.
  3. (no longer used) Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.
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