To abbreviate is to shorten. Words are often abbreviated, like when we say sked instead of schedule.
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Verb
shorten; "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''"
Verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
v. t.
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce
by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
v. t.
To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
a.
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
a.
Having one part relatively shorter than another or than
the ordinary type.
n.
An abridgment.
Abbreviate
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. Bacon. 2.(Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Abbreviate
Ab*bre"vi*ate , a.[L. 1.abbreviatus , p.p.]Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] "The abbreviate form." Earle. 2.(Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. Abbreviate
Ab*bre"vi*ate , n.An abridgment. [Obs.] Elyot.To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
An abridgment.
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