abbreviate as a verb: - 1
- 2
abbreviate
verb
1 abbreviate
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten.
Roget 596:
abridge,
abstract,
epitomize,
summarize;
make an abstract,
prepare an abstract,
draw an abstract,
compile an abstract
etc.
n..
recapitulate,
review,
skim,
run over,
sum up.
abbreviate
etc.
(shorten)
201;
condense
etc.
(compress)
195;
compile
etc.
(collect)
72.
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Roget 201:
be short
etc.
adj.;
render short
etc.
adj.;
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate,
take in,
reduce;
compress
etc.
(contract)
195;
epitomize
etc.
596.
retrench,
cut short,
obtruncate†;
scrimp,
cut,
chop up,
hack,
hew;
cut down,
pare down;
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap,
crop;
snub;
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip,
check the growth of;
foreshorten
(in drawing).
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Dutch: verkorten, versimpelen, bekorten, samentrekken
2 abbreviate
Moby thesaurus: abridge, abstract, attenuate, be telegraphic, blot out, blue-pencil, bob, boil down, bowdlerize, cancel, capsulize, censor, circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, cramp, crop, cross out, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, decrease, delete, dock, draw, draw in, draw together, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate, extenuate, foreshorten, kill, knit, mow, narrow, nip, omit, poll, pollard, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, retrench, rub out, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snub, solidify, strangle, strangulate, strike, strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, void, waste no words, wrinkle ... show more.
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