Abbreviate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Noun 1.6 Shorthand 1.6.1 Gregg 2 Interlingua 2.1 Adjective

English

Etymology

From Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare, formed from ad- + breviare "to shorten", from brevis short.

Pronunciation

• RP:
  • IPA: /əˈbriːvieɪt/

Verb

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

1. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

1. • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. — Bacon
2. ((mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Related terms

• abbreviation
• abbreviator

Translations

to make shorter

Arabic: إخْتَصَرَ (’ikhtáʂara) Chinese: 为了缩写 Dutch: afkorten, verkorten, inkorten Danish: forkorte Finnish: lyhentää French: abréger German: kürzen (1,2), abkürzen (1) Greek: ÏƒÏ Î½Ï„Î¿Î¼Î­Ï Ï‰ (syndomévo) Interlingua: abbreviar Italian: abbreviare

Japanese: 省略する (しょうりゃくする, shōryaku surú) Korean: 생략하다 (saengnyak-hada) Macedonian: скратува (skratuva) Norwegian: forkorte Novial: abrevia Portuguese: abreviar Russian: сокращать (sokraščát’) Spanish: abreviar Swedish: förkorta (1,2)

Adjective

1. ((rare{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
   • The abbreviate form. — Earle
2. ((biology{{#if:|, {{{2}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})){{#if:|[[Category: {{{2}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{3}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{4}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{5}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{6}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{7}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{8}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{9}}}]]}} Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Noun

1. ((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) An abridgment.

Shorthand

Gregg

• (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - t
• (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v

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Interlingua

Adjective

abbreviate

1. Being abbreviated.

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