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 "Abbreviate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\ ([a^]b*br[=e]"v[i^]*[=a]t), v. t.
   [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.]
   [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to
   shorten, fr. brevis short. See {Abridge}.]
   1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
      contraction or omission, especially of words written or
      spoken.
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            It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
            another by cutting off.               --Bacon.
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   2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
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 "Abbreviate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\ ([a^]b*br[=e]"v[i^]*[asl]t), a. [L.
   abbreviatus, p. p.]
   1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] "The abbreviate
      form." --Earle.
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   2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
      than the ordinary type.
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 "Abbreviate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n.
   An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
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 "abbreviate" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
abbreviate
     v 1: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
     2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
        manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge}, {foreshorten},
         {shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] [ant: {elaborate}]

 "abbreviate" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "abbreviate":
   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, constringe, contract, cramp,
   crop, cross out, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short,
   cut short, decrease, delete, dock, draw, draw in, draw together,
   edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate,
   extenuate, foreshorten, kill, knit, mow, narrow, nip, omit, poll,
   pollard, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, reap, recap,
   recapitulate, reduce, rescind, retrench, rub out, shave, shear,
   shorten, slash, snub, solidify, strangle, strangulate, strike,
   strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize,
   take in, telescope, trim, truncate, void, waste no words,
   wrinkle



 "abbreviate" eng-afr "English-Africaan Freedict Dictionary"
abbreviate
     bekort

 "abbreviate" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
Abbreviate
اختصر


 "abbreviate" eng-cro "English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary"
abbreviate
pokratiti, skratiti


 "abbreviate" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abbreviate 
zkrátit
         Note: zpravidla slovo
         Entry edited by: PetrV


 "abbreviate" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abbreviate 
zkracovat


 "abbreviate" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abbreviate 
zestručnit


 "abbreviate" eng-fra "English-French Freedict Dictionary"
abbreviate
	[əbriːvieit]
	abréger, raccourcir
	abréger


 "abbreviate" eng-hin "English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary"
abbreviate 
1. संक्षिप्त~करना
     "'United States of America' has been abbreviated to ‘USA'."


 "abbreviate" eng-lat "English-Latin Freedict dictionary"
abbreviate [əbriːvieit]
     abbreviare, curtare
     breviare

 "abbreviate" eng-spa "English-Spanish Freedict dictionary"
abbreviate [əbriːvieit]
     abreviar, acortar

 "abbreviate" eng-tur "English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary"
abbreviate
1. kısaltmak, özetlemek, ihtisar etmek abbreviation  kısaltma, remiz,
bir veya birtakım kelimeleri  gösteren harf veya harfler
2. özetleme, ihtisar
3. kısaltılmış yazı, özet
4. (müz.) bir takım notaları  gösteren remiz yahut işaret.