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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviated |
| definition 1: |
When you abbreviate something, you make it shorter.
The principal was running out of time, so he abbreviated his welcome speech to the new students.- synonyms:
- compress, cut, reduce, shorten
- antonyms:
- extend, lengthen
- similar words:
- digest, summarize
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| definition 2: |
When you abbreviate a word, you use a shorter form of it, You often use just a few letters of the word to stand for the whole thing. We often abbreviate things like the names of months, names for the days of the week, and words in addresses like "Street" and "Road."
In addresses, we abbreviate "Street" as "St." and "Road" as "Rd."- synonyms:
- contract, shorten
- similar words:
- compress, cut, reduce
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| related words: |
contract, lower |
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| derivation: |
abbreviated (adj.) |
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