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abbreviate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
abbreviate
(verb)
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abbreviate
/ə
ˈ
briːviˌeɪt/
verb
abbreviates
;
abbreviated
;
abbreviating
abbreviate
/ə
ˈ
briːviˌeɪt/
verb
abbreviates
;
abbreviated
;
abbreviating
Learner's definition of ABBREVIATE
[
+ object
]
:
to make (something) shorter
He gave us an
abbreviated
[=
shortened
] account of his travels.
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especially
:
to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form
You can
abbreviate
the word “building” as “bldg.”
“United States of America” is commonly
abbreviated
to/as “USA.”
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