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[ uh-bree-vee-ey-tid ] / əˈbri viˌeɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR abbreviated ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic. (of clothing) scanty; barely covering the body: an abbreviated bathing suit. constituting a shorter or smaller version of: The large car was an abbreviated limousine. Origin of abbreviatedFirst recorded in1545–55; abbreviate + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM abbreviatedun·ab·bre·vi·at·ed, adjectiveWords nearby abbreviatedAbbott's method, Abboud, abbr., abbrev., abbreviate, abbreviated, abbreviation, abbreviatory, Abby, ABC, abciximab Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for abbreviatedAn abbreviated raceAhead today, it has been a long year this week and we all need to reward ourselves for our labor. Octavia E. Butler makes the New York Times Best Sellers list|Ellen McGirt|September 4, 2020|Fortune Not that the government was admitting any of this during its abbreviated and often delayed press briefings. Gun-Toting Ranchers Defeat Feds|John L. Smith|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pallone found this unconscionable, particularly in an abbreviated two-month campaign. Frank Pallone’s Uphill Fight|Ben Jacobs|August 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Anath signified the fountain of light, and was abbreviated Nath and Neith by the Egyptians. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
We are therefore justified in concluding that in the viviparous forms the development is abbreviated and modified. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour He had forever escaped the abbreviated bunk of the Pullman sleeper, and the elongated solicitude of the Pullman porter. The Gay Gnani of Gingalee|Florence Huntley Mc, and M', abbreviated forms of Mac, are to be considered the same as if written in full. Smithsonian Report on the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles|Charles C. Jewett Commencement exercises were abbreviated and shorn of their customary festivities. Our Schools in War Time—and After|Arthur Davis Dean
Words related to abbreviatedabridge, compress, abort, truncate, trim, pare, cut, prune, clip, abstract, reduce, condense, contract, summarize, encapsulate, digest, restrict, curtail, cut back, cut down |