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

Equivalents

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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