Meaning of ABBREVIATE
Pronunciation: | | u'breevee`eyt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [v] shorten, as of words; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'."
- [v] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
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ABBREVIATE is a 10 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten |
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| See Also: | | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, concentrate, condense, decrease, expurgate, lessen, minify, reduce | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
\Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n.
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
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