abbreviate
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ab·bre·vi·ate
(ə-brē'vē-āt') 
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
- To make shorter. See synonyms at shorten.
- 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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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abbreviate
verb
- To make short or shorter the duration or extent of: abridge, condense, curtail, reduce, shorten. See increase/decrease, long/short.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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abbreviate
v
Definition: cut short an activity
Antonyms: expand, extend, increase, lengthen
v
Definition: shorten
Antonyms: amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen
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abbreviate
IN BRIEF: To make shorter.
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Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary:
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abbreviate
See crossword solutions for the clue Abbreviate.
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Abbreviate
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
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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