abbreviate
Meaning of abbreviate
- To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- To speak or write in a brief manner.
- 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.
noun
An abridgment.
adjective- Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
- Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Information about abbreviate
- The plural form of abbreviate is: abbreviates.
- Languages in which abbreviate is used:
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Hyphenation of abbreviate
ab-bre-vi-ate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- abbreviate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
abbreviate synonyms
Meaning abridge:
abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
Meaning :
compress, condense, curtail, epitomize
abbreviate antonyms
Meaning :
amplify, dilate, elongate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, lengthen, produce, prolong, stretch
Translation of abbreviate
- Spanish: acortar, abreviar, resumir, sintetizar
- Portuguese: abreviar, resumir, sintetizar
- French: abréger, raccourcir, accourcir, écourter, résumer, synthétiser
- German: kürzen, abkürzen
- Italian: abbreviare, accorciare, sintetizzare, riassumere, accennare
Words that rhyme with abbreviate
bilabiate, bilobiate, connubiate, corymbiate, labiate, nonbilabiate, rubiate, stibiate, trilabiate, unilabiate, unlabiate, Associate, abrenunciate, annunciate, appreciate, associate, beneficiate, brecciate, calciate, conglaciate, consociate, conviciate, crociate, cruciate, deliciate, denunciate, depreciate, despeciate, disappreciate, disassociate, discruciate, dissassociate, dissociate, emaciate, enunciate, excruciate, fasciate, glaciate, insociate, interassociate, maleficiate, misappreciate, misassociate, negociate, noviciate, nunciate, officiate, patriciate, photodissociate, postcruciate