abbreviate
11abbreviate — [[t]əbri͟ːvieɪt[/t]] abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviated VERB If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter. [V n to n] He persuaded his son to abbreviate his first name to Alec. [Also V n] Syn:… …
12abbreviate — abbreviator, n. /euh bree vee ayt /, v., abbreviated, abbreviating. v.t. 1. to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot,… …
13abbreviate — verb please abbreviate your essays to a length of no more than two pages Syn: shorten, reduce, cut, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, pare down, prune, shrink, telescope; summarize, abstract, précis, synopsize, digest, edit …
14abbreviate — ab•bre•vi•ate [[t]əˈbri viˌeɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing 1) to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase 2) to reduce in length, duration, etc.; …
15abbreviate — /əˈbrivieɪt / (say uh breeveeayt) verb (t) (abbreviated, abbreviating) to make brief; make shorter by contraction or omission: to abbreviate millilitre to ml . {Latin abbreviātus, past participle} –abbreviator, noun …
16abbreviate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare more at abridge Date: 15th century to make briefer; especially to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole… …
17abbreviate — 1. verb /əˈbriːvieɪt/ a) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. b) To …
18abbreviate — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
19abbreviate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. abridge, condense, contract, shorten, curtail, digest, truncate, prune. See shortness, deduction. Ant., expand, lengthen. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shorten, cut, condense, abridge; see decrease 2 ,… …
20abbreviate — ab|bre|vi|ate [əˈbri:vieıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of abbreviare, from Latin brevis short ] to make a word or expression shorter by not including letters or using only the first letter of each word =… …
