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Definition of Abbreviate
1. Verb. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. "They won't abbreviate the story "; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Specialized synonyms: Bowdlerise, Bowdlerize, Castrate, Expurgate, Shorten, Concentrate, Condense, Digest
Related verbs: Cut, Edit, Edit Out
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Lessen, Minify
Derivative terms: Abbreviator, Abridgement, Abridger, Contraction, Shortener
Antonyms: Expand
2. Verb. Shorten. "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
Definition of Abbreviate
1. v. t. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
2. a. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
3. n. An abridgment.
Definition of Abbreviate
1. Verb. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken; to shorten by ending sooner than planned; cut short; to reduce in size or complexity, by contraction. ¹
2. Verb. (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. ¹
4. Adjective. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete Scotland legal) An abridgment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abbreviate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Abbreviate
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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."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbreviate
Literary usage of Abbreviate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"Sequestration—abbreviate—Warrant—Act 2 and 3 Viet. c. 41, s. 60.—The trustee
having failed to record the abbreviate of the petition for sequestration and ..."
2. The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland by John Hill Burton (1845)
"Registration of abbreviate.—There are certain duties incumbent on the petitioning
creditor, or " the person applying for sequestration," who will be ..."
3. Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England by Great Britain Privy Council, Great Britain Record Commission (1837)
"England, w' ther names, that have and occupie the same at this pnt, and the sayd
abbreviate to be sent hither, assone as it maye ..."
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