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Meaning of ABBREVIATE

Pronunciation:  u'breevee`eyt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  shorten, as of words; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'."
  2. [v]  reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
 

ABBREVIATE is a 10 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten
 
 See Also: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, concentrate, condense, decrease, expurgate, lessen, minify, reduce

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated};
    p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
    abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
    {Abridge}.]
    1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
       contraction or omission, especially of words written or
       spoken.
             It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
             another by cutting off.               --Bacon.
    2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
    
  2. \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.]
    1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] ``The abbreviate
       form.'' --Earle.
    2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
       than the ordinary type.
    
  3. \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n.
    An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: abridge, abstract, attenuate, be telegraphic, blot out, blue-pencil, bob, boil down, bowdlerize, cancel, capsulize, censor, circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, cramp, crop, cross out, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, decrease, delete, dock, draw, draw in, draw together, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate, extenuate, foreshorten, kill, knit, mow, narrow, nip, omit, poll, pollard, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, retrench, rub out, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snub, solidify, strangle, strangulate, strike, strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, void, waste no words, wrinkle
 

 

 

 

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