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		abbreviateabbreviate /əˈbriviˌeɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYabbreviateOrigin: 1400-1500 Late Latin, past participle of  abbreviare, from  Latin brevis short   VERB TABLEabbreviate |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | abbreviate |   | he, she, it | abbreviates |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | abbreviated |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have abbreviated |   | he, she, it | has abbreviated |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had abbreviated |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will abbreviate |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have abbreviated |  
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 | Present | I | am abbreviating |   | he, she, it | is abbreviating |   | you, we, they | are abbreviating |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was abbreviating |   | you, we, they | were abbreviating |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been abbreviating |   | he, she, it | has been abbreviating |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been abbreviating |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be abbreviating |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been abbreviating |  
    ► is ... abbreviated as Extraterrestrial is often abbreviated as E.T.    eng. lang. arts to make a word or expression shorter by not including letters or by using only the first letter of each word:  Extraterrestrial is often abbreviated as E.T. [Origin: 1400–1500 Late Latin, past participle of  abbreviare, from  Latin brevis short]  |