abbreviate
IPA: ʌbrˈivieɪt
noun
- (obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
adjective
- (obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
- (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
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Examples of "abbreviate" in Sentences
- The name is abbreviated.
- We abbreviate this to 'Euro Group'.
- The name of the monarch is abbreviated.
- The name of the bank is abbreviated to BICA.
- The name of the country is not abbreviated to Britain.
- The reference to the franchise should not be abbreviated.
- · Added "abbreviate" for the month element in the _xml_ format skins.
- She talked about money, and her points (which I again abbreviate) are:
- To abbreviate or not to abbreviate, that is the important style question
- I use the first letter and the last two to abbreviate this and we can simply call you WET.
- Along the way you will learn to play the melody and abbreviate the rest of the accompaniment.
- The apostrophe is used when you abbreviate the decade as the '90s (the apostrophe indicates the missing numerals).
- For a few years, SAT would abbreviate a hypothetically less offensive but indisputably more awkward name for the examination: Scholastic Assessment Test.
- Desplechin reminded his audience that excellent dialogue was often written for silent movies even though you never hear it and the intertitles abbreviate the script.
- As stated in the Xbox Live Terms of Use, a member may not create a gamertag or use text in other profile fields that include comments that look, sound like, stand for, hint at, abbreviate, or insinuate content of a potentially sexual nature.
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