Meaning of abbreviate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To shorten by omitting parts or details.
   obsolete, transitive
2. To speak or write in a brief manner.
   intransitive, obsolete
3. To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
   transitive
4. To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
   transitive
5. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
   transitive

Translations

Examples

“But it is one Thing, to Abbreuiate by Contracting, Another by Cutting off: […]”

“But as delivery schedules have dwindled into hours, even the gigantic warehouse full of stuff in a central place such as the triangle is proving insufficient. Now, companies also need smaller distribution centres around the country, to respond rapidly to orders and to abbreviate the last mile as much as possible.”

“Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.”

“Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.”

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