Cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed.
| 单词 | θ150215 |
| 释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > contracted or abbreviated (9) decurtatea1638 Cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed. syncopated1665 Grammar. Contracted by omission of one or more syllables or letters in the middle. contract1751 Grammar. Marked by contraction; = contracted, adj. 5d. contracted1816 Grammar and Phonetics. Shortened by combination or omission of sounds or letters. syncope1953 Grammar. = syncopation, n. 1. Also attributive and in other combinations. Subcategories:— not (1) — relating to or converted into an acronym (3) |
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