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abbreviate
/əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/
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What does abbreviate mean?
verb
- To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
More meanings (6)
adjective
- Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
- (obsolete) Abbreviated.
- (obsolete) Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.
verb
- (obsolete) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- (obsolete) To speak or write in a brief manner.
noun
- (obsolete) An abridgment.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/
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But this intensity of his physical prostration did but so much the more abbreviate it.
And every day since, like a famous philosopher who wished to abbreviate his mourning for a faithful servant, he had said to himself in substance--“Remember to forget Mary Garland.”