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Abbreviate   /əbrˈiviˌeɪt/   Listen
Abbreviate

verb
(past & past part. abbreviated; pres. part. abbreviating)
1.
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.  Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten.
2.
Shorten.





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"Abbreviate" Quotes from Famous Books



... very good a name,—that must be owned, Del. All is, you will have to call him 'Mr. Sampson,' or 'My dear,' or 'You'; or, stay, you might abbreviate it into Ame, Ami. Ami and Delphine!—it sounds like a French story for youth. If I were you, I wouldn't meddle with it or think any ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 41, March, 1861 • Various


Words linked to "Abbreviate" :   castrate, concentrate, expand, bowdlerise, decrease, condense, abbreviation, edit, expurgate, digest, minify, foreshorten, abbreviator, lessen, edit out, reduce, bowdlerize


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