abbreviate

abbreviate

to shorten by contraction or omission, such as agcy., corp., Gov., Dr., Rev.
Not to be confused with:abridge – to reduce or condense, such as a summary of a report or article: abridge a book; to lessen the duration or scope of; to curtail: abridge a person’s freedom

ab·bre·vi·ate

A0009600 (ə-brē′vē-āt′)tr.v. ab·bre·vi·at·ed, ab·bre·vi·at·ing, ab·bre·vi·ates 1. To make shorter: abbreviated the meeting to make time for your visit. See Synonyms at shorten.2. To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.

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[Middle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbreviāre, abbreviāt- : ad-, ad- + breviāre, to shorten (from brevis, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots).]

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ab·bre′vi·a′tor n.

abbreviate

(əˈbriːvɪˌeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to shorten (a word or phrase) by contraction or omission of some letters or words2. to shorten (a speech or piece of writing) by omitting sections, paraphrasing, etc3. to cut short[C15: from the past participle of Late Latin abbreviāre, from Latin brevis brief] abˈbreviˌator n

ab•bre•vi•ate

(əˈbri viˌeɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t. 1. to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase. 2. to reduce in length, duration, etc.; make briefer: to abbreviate a speech. v.i. 3. to use abbreviations. [1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin abbreviātus, past participle of abbreviāre to shorten = Latin ad- ad- + -breviāre, v. derivative of brevis short] ab•bre′vi•a`tor, n. ab•bre′vi•a•to`ry (-vi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj. syn: See shorten.

abbreviate

Past participle: abbreviated
Gerund: abbreviating

Imperative
abbreviate
abbreviate

Present
I abbreviate
you abbreviate
he/she/it abbreviates
we abbreviate
you abbreviate
they abbreviate

Preterite
I abbreviated
you abbreviated
he/she/it abbreviated
we abbreviated
you abbreviated
they abbreviated

Present Continuous
I am abbreviating
you are abbreviating
he/she/it is abbreviating
we are abbreviating
you are abbreviating
they are abbreviating

Present Perfect
I have abbreviated
you have abbreviated
he/she/it has abbreviated
we have abbreviated
you have abbreviated
they have abbreviated

Past Continuous
I was abbreviating
you were abbreviating
he/she/it was abbreviating
we were abbreviating
you were abbreviating
they were abbreviating

Past Perfect
I had abbreviated
you had abbreviated
he/she/it had abbreviated
we had abbreviated
you had abbreviated
they had abbreviated

Future
I will abbreviate
you will abbreviate
he/she/it will abbreviate
we will abbreviate
you will abbreviate
they will abbreviate

Future Perfect
I will have abbreviated
you will have abbreviated
he/she/it will have abbreviated
we will have abbreviated
you will have abbreviated
they will have abbreviated

Future Continuous
I will be abbreviating
you will be abbreviating
he/she/it will be abbreviating
we will be abbreviating
you will be abbreviating
they will be abbreviating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abbreviating
you have been abbreviating
he/she/it has been abbreviating
we have been abbreviating
you have been abbreviating
they have been abbreviating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abbreviating
you will have been abbreviating
he/she/it will have been abbreviating
we will have been abbreviating
you will have been abbreviating
they will have been abbreviating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abbreviating
you had been abbreviating
he/she/it had been abbreviating
we had been abbreviating
you had been abbreviating
they had been abbreviating

Conditional
I would abbreviate
you would abbreviate
he/she/it would abbreviate
we would abbreviate
you would abbreviate
they would abbreviate

Past Conditional
I would have abbreviated
you would have abbreviated
he/she/it would have abbreviated
we would have abbreviated
you would have abbreviated
they would have abbreviated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	abbreviate - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cutbowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"edit out, edit, cut - cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"condense, concentrate, digest - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
	2.	abbreviate - shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"reduce - make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"

abbreviate

verb shorten, reduce, contract, trim, cut, prune, summarize, compress, condense, abridge He abbreviated his first name to Alec.
extend, expand, prolong, stretch out, lengthen, amplify, draw out, increase, spin out, elongate, protract

abbreviate

verbTo make short or shorter the duration or extent of:abridge, condense, curtail, reduce, shorten.

Translations

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abbreviate

(əˈbriːvieit) verb to shorten (a word, phrase etc). Frederick is often abbreviated to Fred. 縮寫 缩写abˌbreviˈation noun a shortened form of a word etc. Maths is an abbreviation of mathematics. 縮寫 缩写式