单词	abbreviate
释义	abbreviateab‧bre‧vi‧ate /əˈbriːvieɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINabbreviate Origin: 1400-1500 Late Latin past participle of abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’ Verb Table VERB TABLE abbreviate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they abbreviate he, she, it abbreviates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they abbreviated Present perfect I, you, we, they have abbreviated he, she, it has abbreviated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had abbreviated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will abbreviate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have abbreviated Continuous Form Present I am abbreviating he, she, it is abbreviating you, we, they are abbreviating Past I, he, she, it was abbreviating you, we, they were abbreviating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been abbreviating he, she, it has been abbreviating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been abbreviating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be abbreviating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been abbreviating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Is it correct to abbreviate 'Avenue', 'Street' and so on when writing an address on an envelope? The word "kilogram' is usually abbreviated to "kg'. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Also, in writing of events the writer is certain to have to abbreviate any descriptions very sharply. Can you relate this use of questions to the fact that you is deleted from abbreviated questions? However, the tag cases are only one part of the general deletion processes that affect subject and auxiliary in abbreviated style. Tag-Controlled Deletion is a rule of the abbreviated style in informal language. Television, it should be remembered, can conserve and celebrate just as it can abbreviate and denature. The most moderate view is that Celsus' discussion has been abbreviated. The solution is to abbreviate, contract and condense. Unless he can marry, he is often destined to a troubled and abbreviated life. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen a name or word is a shorter way of saying something► be short for · VHF is short for Very High Frequency.· 'Is "Shelley" short for anything?' 'Yes, my real name's Michelle.'· What's 'ISP' short for? ► stand for if a letter stands for a name or word, it is the first letter of that name or word: · 'What does "NAC" stand for?' 'National Aerobics Championships'.· On a US ship, you see 'USS', standing for 'United States Ship'.· The 'F' in 'John F Kennedy' stood for 'Fitzgerald'. ► for short if you call someone or something a particular name for short , you call them by a name that is a shorter way of saying their real name: · Hi, my name's Moses -- Mo for short.· He's actually called Jeremy, but everyone who knows him calls him Jem for short. ► abbreviate to make a long name or word shorter so that it is easier to say or write: · Is it correct to abbreviate 'Avenue', 'Street' and so on when writing an address on an envelope?be abbreviated to something: · The word "kilogram' is usually abbreviated to "kg'. ► abbreviation a shorter way of saying a word or the name of something such as an organization or someone's job, especially by using the first letters of words instead of the whole words: · Disk Operating Systems are usually known by the abbreviation DOS.· a Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations· I never knew the abbreviation 'GI' stood for 'Government Issue'.abbreviation for: · BBC is an abbreviation for British Broadcasting Corporation. WORD SETS► Grammar abbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun to make a word or expression shorter by not including letters or using only the first letter of each word SYN  shortenbe abbreviated to something ‘Information technology’ is usually abbreviated to ‘IT’.
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