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Definitions of abbreviate
  1. verb
    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  2. verb
    shorten
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Definition that contains abbreviate
  • clip terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  • versus Against; chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
  • shorthand a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system
  • shorthand written in abbreviated or symbolic form
  • curtail terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  • hectare (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
  • stenography a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system
  • cut short terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  • headlinese using the abbreviated style of headline writers
  • tachygraphy a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system
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