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Etymology
From Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare, formed from ad- + breviare "to shorten", from brevis short.

Pronunciation
RP:

• IPA|/É�Ë�briË�vieɪt/

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Verb
en-verb|abbreviat|ing

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. � Bacon

1. math To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Related terms
abbreviation
abbreviator

Translations
trans-top|to make shorter
Arabic: ARchar|اختصر|إخ�ت�ص�ر� unicode|(�ikhtá�ara)
Chinese: 为�缩� (wèile su�xi�)
Dutch: afkorten, verkorten, inkorten
Danish: forkorte
Finnish: lyhentää
French: abréger
German: kürzen (1,2), abkürzen (1)
Greek: ��ν�ομέ�� (syndomévo)
Icelandic: skammstafa
Interlingua: abbreviar
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Italian: abbreviare
Japanese: ���� (sh�ryaku surú); �縮�� (tanshuku suru); �� (ryakusu)
Korean: ���� (saengnyak-hada)
Macedonian: �к�а��ва (skratuva)
Norwegian: forkorte
Novial: abrevia
Portuguese: abreviar
Russian: �ок�а�а�� (sokraš�át�)
Spanish: abreviar
Swedish: förkorta (1,2)
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ttbc|Vietnamese: tóm tắt, viết tắt, rút ngắn lại, ư�c lược, rút g�n

Adjective
en-adj

1. rare Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

#* The abbreviate form. � Earle

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

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ttbc|Vietnamese: tương ��i ngắn

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete An abridgment.

Shorthand
Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90, DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - t

Interlingua

Adjective
abbreviate

1. Being abbreviated.

Italian

Verb form
abbreviate

1. second person plural present tense of abbreviare
2. second person plural imperative of abbreviare

Category:Italian verb forms

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ar:abbreviate
be:abbreviate
fa:abbreviate
fr:abbreviate
gl:abbreviate
io:abbreviate
id:abbreviate
it:abbreviate
ml:abbreviate
pl:abbreviate
ru:abbreviate
fi:abbreviate
sv:abbreviate
ta:abbreviate
te:abbreviate
vi:abbreviate
tr:abbreviate
uk:abbreviate
zh:abbreviate

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