1. (of clothing) very short
   "an abbreviated swimsuit"
   - brief
    
2. Cut short in duration
   "the abbreviated speech"
   - shortened, truncated

1. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   - abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
    
2. Shorten
   "Abbreviate 'New York' and write 'NY'"

See also: abbreviation, abbreviator, short

Type of: decrease, lessen, minify, reduce

Encyclopedia: Abbreviate

• lance the boil
• lance-shaped
• lancelet
• lancelike
• Lancelot
• lanceolate
• lanceolate leaf
• lanceolate spleenwort
• lancer
• lancers
• lancet
• lancet arch
• lancet window
• lancet-shaped
• lancetfish
• lancewood
• lancewood tree
• Lanchou
• Lanchow
• lancinate
• lancinating
• land
• land agent
• land area
• land cress