abbreviate /ə-brēˈvi-āt/

1. To shorten
2. To contract
3. To abridge

Shortened

abbrēviāˈtion noun

1. An act of shortening
2. A shortened form
3. Part of a word written or printed instead of the whole

abbrēˈviātor noun

abbrēˈviatory /-ə-tor-i/ adjective

abbrēˈviature noun (obsolete)

1. An abbreviation
2. An abridgement

• perfectation
• perfectations
• perfect binding
• perfect cadence
• perfect competition
• perfected
• perfecter
• perfecters
• perfectest
• perfect fifth
• perfect fifths
• perfect fluid
• perfect fourth
• perfect fourths
• perfect game
• perfect games
• perfect gas
• perfect gases
• perfecti
• perfectibilian
• perfectibilians
• perfectibilism
• perfectibilisms
• perfectibilist
• perfectibilists