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Abbreviate - What does it mean?

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abbreviate

English

Etymology 1

* Either' from (etyl) abbreviaten, from (etyl) . * See abridge.

Verb

(abbreviat)
  • (obsolete) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off.
  • (obsolete) To speak or write in a brief manner.
  • To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  • To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
  • (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
    • Synonyms
    * shorten
    Antonyms
    * lengthen
    Related terms
    * abbreviation * abbreviator

    Etymology 2

    * From .

    Adjective

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

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An abridgment.

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.