abbreviate

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (abbreviate), formed from ad + breviō (shorten), from brevis (short).

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abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviates, present participle abbreviating, simple past and past participle abbreviated)

  1. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
    • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. — Francis Bacon
  2. (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

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[edit] Adjective

abbreviate (comparative more abbreviate, superlative most abbreviate)

  1. (rare) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
  2. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

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[edit] Noun

abbreviate (plural abbreviates)

  1. (obsolete) An abridgment.

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(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v

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abbreviate (comparative plus abbreviate, superlative le plus abbreviate)

  1. Being abbreviated.

[edit] Italian

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abbreviate

  1. second-person plural present tense of abbreviare
  2. second-person plural imperative of abbreviare

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

abbreviāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of abbreviō
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