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abbreviator
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.
[Middle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbreviāre, abbreviāt- : ad-, ad- + breviāre, to shorten (from brevis, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots).]
ab·bre′vi·a′tor n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  abbreviator - one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written workabridgerredact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication |
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Synonyms for abbreviatornoun one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written workSynonymsRelated Words- redact
- redactor
- reviser
- rewrite man
- rewriter
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