abbreviate

IPA: ʌbrˈivieɪt

(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.

(obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

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.
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