abbreviate

(ə-brē'vē-āt')
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To make shorter. 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).]

abbreviator ab·bre'vi·a'tor n.

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verb

To make short or shorter the duration or extent of: abridge, condense, curtail, reduce, shorten. See increase/decrease, long/short.

v

Definition: cut short an activity
Antonyms: expand, extend, increase, lengthen

v

Definition: shorten
Antonyms: amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen

IN BRIEF: To make shorter.

You can abbreviate his name by calling him J.C.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forkorte

Nederlands (Dutch)
afkorten, be-/ver-/ inkorten

Français (French)
v. tr. - abréger, raccourcir

Deutsch (German)
v. - abkürzen, kürzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συντέμνω, βραχύνω

Italiano (Italian)
abbreviare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abreviar

Русский (Russian)
сокращать (на письме или в устной речи)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abreviar, resumir, compendiar, condensar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förkorta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缩写, 缩短, 使...简略

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 縮寫, 縮短, 使...簡略

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 생략하다, 줄이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 略書きする, 短縮する, 略書きを用いる, 省略する
adj. - 省略した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجز, يختصر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קיצר, קיצר מילה ע"י שימוש בחלק מאותיותיה‬

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