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abbreviate    音标拼音: [əbr'ivi,et]
vt. 缩写,使…简略,缩短

缩写,使…简略,缩短

abbreviate
简写; 缩写

abbreviate
v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [synonym: {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'"

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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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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Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n.
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
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88 Moby Thesaurus words for "abbreviate":
abridge, abstract, attenuate, be telegraphic, blot out,
blue-pencil, bob, boil down, bowdlerize, cancel, capsulize, censor,
circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact, compress, concentrate,
condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, cramp,
crop, cross out, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short,
cut short, decrease, delete, dock, draw, draw in, draw together,
edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate,
extenuate, foreshorten, kill, knit, mow, narrow, nip, omit, poll,
pollard, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, reap, recap,
recapitulate, reduce, rescind, retrench, rub out, shave, shear,
shorten, slash, snub, solidify, strangle, strangulate, strike,
strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize,
take in, telescope, trim, truncate, void, waste no words,
wrinkle

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  • ABBREVIATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of ABBREVIATE is to make briefer; especially : to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole How to use abbreviate in a sentence
  • ABBREVIATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    ABBREVIATE definition: 1 to make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word: 2 to make a… Learn more
  • Abbreviate - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
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  • ABBREVIATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter He abbreviated his first name to Alec [VERB noun + to]
  • ABBREVIATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    ABBREVIATE definition: to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc , so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft for foot, ab for about, R I for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian
  • abbreviate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviates, present participle abbreviating, simple past and past participle abbreviated) (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details
  • Abbreviate - definition of abbreviate by The Free Dictionary
    1 to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc , so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase 2 to reduce in length, duration, etc ; make briefer: to abbreviate a speech
  • Abbreviation - Wikipedia
    An abbreviation (from Latin brevis 'short') [1] is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym), or crasis An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word, usually ended with a trailing full stop (period)
  • Abbreviate Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    He gave us an abbreviated [= shortened] account of his travels “United States of America” is commonly abbreviated to as “USA ”





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