abbreviate

abbreviate

abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviates, present participle abbreviating, simple past and past participle abbreviated)

1. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
   • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. — Francis Bacon
2. (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

abbreviate (plural abbreviates)

1. (obsolete) An abridgment.

abbreviate (comparative more abbreviate, superlative most abbreviate)

1. (rare) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
   • The abbreviate form. — J. J. Earle
2. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

	abbreviare
	to make shorter
	To make shorter.

	accorciare
	To make shorter.

ridurre

Altri significati:

to reduce to lower terms

(obsolete) An abridgment.

(mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

(rare) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

To bring information in fewer words.

(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

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