abbreviate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ə.ˈbriː.vi.eɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈbri.vi.eɪt/

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Verb

Plain form abbreviate

Third-person singular abbreviates

Past tense abbreviated

Past participle abbreviated

Present participle abbreviating

1. If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.

   He abbreviated his first name to Alec.

   It was an abbreviated document without detailed proposals.

Related words

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