abbreviate+(verb)

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• abbreviate — ► VERB ▪ shorten (a word, phrase, or text). ORIGIN Latin abbreviare, from brevis short …   English terms dictionary

• abbreviate — verb please abbreviate your essays to a length of no more than two pages Syn: shorten, reduce, cut, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, pare down, prune, shrink, telescope; summarize, abstract, précis, synopsize, digest, edit …   Thesaurus of popular words

• abbreviate — verb (T) to make a word or expression shorter by missing out letters or using only the first letter of each word: be abbreviated to: Information technology is usually abbreviated to IT . abbreviated adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• abbreviate — verb Syn: shorten, reduce, cut, contract, condense, compress, abridge Ant: lengthen, expand …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• abbreviate — Verb: to shorten. Noun: an abstract of a longer instrument or writing …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• abbreviate — [[t]əbri͟ːvieɪt[/t]] abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviated VERB If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter. [V n to n] He persuaded his son to abbreviate his first name to Alec. [Also V n] Syn:… …   English dictionary

• abbreviate — /əˈbrivieɪt / (say uh breeveeayt) verb (t) (abbreviated, abbreviating) to make brief; make shorter by contraction or omission: to abbreviate millilitre to ml . {Latin abbreviātus, past participle} –abbreviator, noun …  

• abbreviate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare more at abridge Date: 15th century to make briefer; especially to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• abbreviate — 1. verb /əˈbriːvieɪt/ a) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. b) To …   Wiktionary

• abbreviate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. abridge, condense, contract, shorten, curtail, digest, truncate, prune. See shortness, deduction. Ant., expand, lengthen. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shorten, cut, condense, abridge; see decrease 2 ,… …   English dictionary for students

• abbreviate — [ə bri:vɪeɪt] verb shorten (a word, phrase, or text). Derivatives abbreviation noun Origin ME: from late L. abbreviat , abbreviare shorten , from L. brevis short …   English new terms dictionary