abbreviate
To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than plannedTo make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» a⨯b is abbreviated as ab.
Запись a⨯b сокращается до ab. — Ooneykcall
Запис a⨯b можна скоротити до ab. — deniko
jasmaa · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
kürzen, abkürzen
сокраща́тьsokraščátʹ, сократи́тьsokratítʹ
скоро́чуватиskoróčuvaty, скороти́тиskorotýty
(transitive)To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.
(transitive)To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
kürzen
(obsolete, transitive)To shorten by omitting parts or details.
shorten
(intransitive, obsolete)To speak or write in a brief manner.
Examples
11 sentencesa⨯b is abbreviated as ab.
Запис a⨯b можна скоротити до ab. — deniko
ruЗапись a⨯b сокращается до ab. — Ooneykcall
Put the words in parentheses into abbreviated form.
The word ‘kilogram’ is usually abbreviated to ‘kg’.
I abbreviate my name.
deIch kürze meinen Namen ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hypertext transfer protocol is abbreviated as http and is the protocol used for web pages.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English abbreviaten, from abbreviat(e) (“abbreviated”, used as the participleFrom Middle English abbreviaten, from abbreviat(e) (“abbreviated”, used as the participle of abbreviaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“to shorten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab- + breviō (“to shorten”), from brevis (“short”). Alternatively, a back-formation from abbreviation. Doublet of abridge.
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Forms
abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviated, abbreviated| Base form | abbreviate · to abbreviate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | abbreviates |
| Present participle | abbreviating |
| Past simple | abbreviated |
| Past participle | abbreviated |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
11 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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