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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
abbreviate
v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge,
foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract,
reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand,
expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out,
lucubrate]
2: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\ ([a^]b*br[=e]"v[i^]*[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Abbreviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abbreviating.]
[L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to
shorten, fr. brevis short. See Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
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It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
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2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\ ([a^]b*br[=e]"v[i^]*[asl]t), a. [L.
abbreviatus, p. p.]
1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] "The abbreviate
form." --Earle.
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2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
than the ordinary type.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n.
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
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Thesaurus Results for abbreviate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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