abbreviate

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Synonyms: abbreviata, abbreviated, breviate, abbreviature, abbreviator, abbreviates, imbreviate

Antonyms: abbreviata, abbreviated, breviate, abbreviature, abbreviator, abbreviates, imbreviate

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Verb

1. To shorten by omitting parts or details. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. To speak or write in a brief manner.
3. To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
4. To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
   • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.
5. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Adjective

1. Abbreviated.
2. Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.
3. Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Noun

1. An abridgment.

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