Definition of abbreviate in English:

abbreviate

verb əˈbriːvɪeɪtəˈbriviˌeɪt

[with object]

1Shorten (a word, phrase, or text)
‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’
Example sentencesExamples
- I wish subtitles didn't have to abbreviate the dialogue though.
- The summary that follows will be necessarily abbreviated.
- Due to the large numbers of those indicted, the court clerks eventually tired of writing the charge in full and began to abbreviate it.
- Europeans abbreviate dates in reverse, and doing it wrong could invalidate your card.
- The name is usually abbreviated to poliomyelitis, or more commonly, polio.
- It isn't an easy read, mostly because the skinny format abbreviates names to three letters, often beyond recognition.
- ‘You are so used to abbreviating things, you just start doing it unconsciously on schoolwork and reports and other things,’ said a student in New Jersey.
- Around this time she met the famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and abbreviated her name to Dora Maar.
- I should probably explain that that's how Krista abbreviates her full name, which is Kristine.
- In order to save typing, many people will abbreviate common words and phrases.
- I've got to agree with her about people abbreviating words when sending text messages.
- When I'm composing my reviews, I often abbreviate the movie title, then use Microsoft Word's replace function to fill in the title in its entirety.
- Here we greatly abbreviate our summary of the book to focus on its limitations.
- When there are lots of documents to be signed, I choose to abbreviate my signature.
- If you're registered with a username longer than five or six letters, it kindly abbreviates the name for this tab (said tab being a fixed width on screen, obviously).
- Such an establishment was called a café concert or café conc’ (be careful not to abbreviate it further).
Synonyms
shorten, reduce, cut, cut short/down, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, clip, crop, pare down, prune, shrink, constrict, telescope, curtail
summarize, abstract, precis, synopsize, digest, edit
1. 1.1 Shorten the duration of; cut short.
  I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge
  Example sentencesExamples
  Training hours are from 6 - 9 a.m. with Turfway abbreviating the period because it is concluding work on a new paddock and winner's circle.
  Hodges had his stay abbreviated but will return in March for a couple of months.
  This morning's FP3 session was abbreviated by 30 minutes due to the requirement for barrier repairs at Turn 11 following a support race incident earlier on.
  Testing can also be abbreviated if early success is obvious in a serious disease with no other good treatment.
  It is wrong to abbreviate the debate in the way suggested.
  A workday abbreviated by siestas is a Spanish cliche, yet it is not necessarily rooted in reality.
  His third pro season, 2010-11, also saw him gravely injured, and 2012-13 was abbreviated by the lockout.
  Our military decision-making process was abbreviated.
  The laparotomy was abbreviated because the patient was quite unstable intraoperatively.
  With only two challenging teams, the race schedule would be abbreviated, likely removing many of the planned sailing days scheduled for July.
  After being told by producers that a match would run long, abbreviating the Evening News, he mysteriously found someplace better to be, thus leaving the network with more than six minutes of dead air.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- 'shortened', from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis 'short'.

brief from Middle English:
Briefs or underpants, which were first worn in the 1930s, are literally ‘shorts’. Brief comes from the Latin word brevis, meaning ‘short’, a root shared by abbreviate (Late Middle English) and the musical note breve (Late Middle English), which used to mean a short note.

Rhymes

alleviate, deviate

Definition of abbreviate in US English:

abbreviate

verbəˈbriviˌeɪtəˈbrēvēˌāt

[with object]

1Shorten (a word, phrase, or text)
the business of artists and repertory, commonly abbreviated to A&R
Example sentencesExamples
- I wish subtitles didn't have to abbreviate the dialogue though.
- Around this time she met the famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and abbreviated her name to Dora Maar.
- The name is usually abbreviated to poliomyelitis, or more commonly, polio.
- When there are lots of documents to be signed, I choose to abbreviate my signature.
- ‘You are so used to abbreviating things, you just start doing it unconsciously on schoolwork and reports and other things,’ said a student in New Jersey.
- I should probably explain that that's how Krista abbreviates her full name, which is Kristine.
- It isn't an easy read, mostly because the skinny format abbreviates names to three letters, often beyond recognition.
- In order to save typing, many people will abbreviate common words and phrases.
- If you're registered with a username longer than five or six letters, it kindly abbreviates the name for this tab (said tab being a fixed width on screen, obviously).
- When I'm composing my reviews, I often abbreviate the movie title, then use Microsoft Word's replace function to fill in the title in its entirety.
- Such an establishment was called a café concert or café conc’ (be careful not to abbreviate it further).
- I've got to agree with her about people abbreviating words when sending text messages.
- Here we greatly abbreviate our summary of the book to focus on its limitations.
- Due to the large numbers of those indicted, the court clerks eventually tired of writing the charge in full and began to abbreviate it.
- The summary that follows will be necessarily abbreviated.
- Europeans abbreviate dates in reverse, and doing it wrong could invalidate your card.
Synonyms
shorten, reduce, cut, cut down, cut short, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, clip, crop, pare down, prune, shrink, constrict, telescope, curtail
1. 1.1 Shorten the duration of; cut short.
  I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge
  Example sentencesExamples
  This morning's FP3 session was abbreviated by 30 minutes due to the requirement for barrier repairs at Turn 11 following a support race incident earlier on.
  It is wrong to abbreviate the debate in the way suggested.
  Training hours are from 6 - 9 a.m. with Turfway abbreviating the period because it is concluding work on a new paddock and winner's circle.
  A workday abbreviated by siestas is a Spanish cliche, yet it is not necessarily rooted in reality.
  The laparotomy was abbreviated because the patient was quite unstable intraoperatively.
  Our military decision-making process was abbreviated.
  His third pro season, 2010-11, also saw him gravely injured, and 2012-13 was abbreviated by the lockout.
  Testing can also be abbreviated if early success is obvious in a serious disease with no other good treatment.
  After being told by producers that a match would run long, abbreviating the Evening News, he mysteriously found someplace better to be, thus leaving the network with more than six minutes of dead air.
  Hodges had his stay abbreviated but will return in March for a couple of months.
  With only two challenging teams, the race schedule would be abbreviated, likely removing many of the planned sailing days scheduled for July.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- ‘shortened’, from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’.

单词	abbreviate
释义	Definition of abbreviate in English: abbreviate verb əˈbriːvɪeɪtəˈbriviˌeɪt [with object] 1Shorten (a word, phrase, or text) ‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’ Example sentencesExamples I wish subtitles didn't have to abbreviate the dialogue though. The summary that follows will be necessarily abbreviated. Due to the large numbers of those indicted, the court clerks eventually tired of writing the charge in full and began to abbreviate it. Europeans abbreviate dates in reverse, and doing it wrong could invalidate your card. The name is usually abbreviated to poliomyelitis, or more commonly, polio. It isn't an easy read, mostly because the skinny format abbreviates names to three letters, often beyond recognition. ‘You are so used to abbreviating things, you just start doing it unconsciously on schoolwork and reports and other things,’ said a student in New Jersey. Around this time she met the famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and abbreviated her name to Dora Maar. I should probably explain that that's how Krista abbreviates her full name, which is Kristine. In order to save typing, many people will abbreviate common words and phrases. I've got to agree with her about people abbreviating words when sending text messages. When I'm composing my reviews, I often abbreviate the movie title, then use Microsoft Word's replace function to fill in the title in its entirety. Here we greatly abbreviate our summary of the book to focus on its limitations. When there are lots of documents to be signed, I choose to abbreviate my signature. If you're registered with a username longer than five or six letters, it kindly abbreviates the name for this tab (said tab being a fixed width on screen, obviously). Such an establishment was called a café concert or café conc’ (be careful not to abbreviate it further). Synonyms shorten, reduce, cut, cut short/down, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, clip, crop, pare down, prune, shrink, constrict, telescope, curtail summarize, abstract, precis, synopsize, digest, edit 1.1 Shorten the duration of; cut short. I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge Example sentencesExamples Training hours are from 6 - 9 a.m. with Turfway abbreviating the period because it is concluding work on a new paddock and winner's circle. Hodges had his stay abbreviated but will return in March for a couple of months. This morning's FP3 session was abbreviated by 30 minutes due to the requirement for barrier repairs at Turn 11 following a support race incident earlier on. Testing can also be abbreviated if early success is obvious in a serious disease with no other good treatment. It is wrong to abbreviate the debate in the way suggested. A workday abbreviated by siestas is a Spanish cliche, yet it is not necessarily rooted in reality. His third pro season, 2010-11, also saw him gravely injured, and 2012-13 was abbreviated by the lockout. Our military decision-making process was abbreviated. The laparotomy was abbreviated because the patient was quite unstable intraoperatively. With only two challenging teams, the race schedule would be abbreviated, likely removing many of the planned sailing days scheduled for July. After being told by producers that a match would run long, abbreviating the Evening News, he mysteriously found someplace better to be, thus leaving the network with more than six minutes of dead air. Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- 'shortened', from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis 'short'. brief from Middle English: Briefs or underpants, which were first worn in the 1930s, are literally ‘shorts’. Brief comes from the Latin word brevis, meaning ‘short’, a root shared by abbreviate (Late Middle English) and the musical note breve (Late Middle English), which used to mean a short note. Rhymes alleviate, deviate Definition of abbreviate in US English: abbreviate verbəˈbriviˌeɪtəˈbrēvēˌāt [with object] 1Shorten (a word, phrase, or text) the business of artists and repertory, commonly abbreviated to A&R Example sentencesExamples I wish subtitles didn't have to abbreviate the dialogue though. Around this time she met the famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and abbreviated her name to Dora Maar. The name is usually abbreviated to poliomyelitis, or more commonly, polio. When there are lots of documents to be signed, I choose to abbreviate my signature. ‘You are so used to abbreviating things, you just start doing it unconsciously on schoolwork and reports and other things,’ said a student in New Jersey. I should probably explain that that's how Krista abbreviates her full name, which is Kristine. It isn't an easy read, mostly because the skinny format abbreviates names to three letters, often beyond recognition. In order to save typing, many people will abbreviate common words and phrases. If you're registered with a username longer than five or six letters, it kindly abbreviates the name for this tab (said tab being a fixed width on screen, obviously). When I'm composing my reviews, I often abbreviate the movie title, then use Microsoft Word's replace function to fill in the title in its entirety. Such an establishment was called a café concert or café conc’ (be careful not to abbreviate it further). I've got to agree with her about people abbreviating words when sending text messages. Here we greatly abbreviate our summary of the book to focus on its limitations. Due to the large numbers of those indicted, the court clerks eventually tired of writing the charge in full and began to abbreviate it. The summary that follows will be necessarily abbreviated. Europeans abbreviate dates in reverse, and doing it wrong could invalidate your card. Synonyms shorten, reduce, cut, cut down, cut short, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, clip, crop, pare down, prune, shrink, constrict, telescope, curtail 1.1 Shorten the duration of; cut short. I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge Example sentencesExamples This morning's FP3 session was abbreviated by 30 minutes due to the requirement for barrier repairs at Turn 11 following a support race incident earlier on. It is wrong to abbreviate the debate in the way suggested. Training hours are from 6 - 9 a.m. with Turfway abbreviating the period because it is concluding work on a new paddock and winner's circle. A workday abbreviated by siestas is a Spanish cliche, yet it is not necessarily rooted in reality. The laparotomy was abbreviated because the patient was quite unstable intraoperatively. Our military decision-making process was abbreviated. His third pro season, 2010-11, also saw him gravely injured, and 2012-13 was abbreviated by the lockout. Testing can also be abbreviated if early success is obvious in a serious disease with no other good treatment. After being told by producers that a match would run long, abbreviating the Evening News, he mysteriously found someplace better to be, thus leaving the network with more than six minutes of dead air. Hodges had his stay abbreviated but will return in March for a couple of months. With only two challenging teams, the race schedule would be abbreviated, likely removing many of the planned sailing days scheduled for July. Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- ‘shortened’, from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’.
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