 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abbreviate
verb
1: shorten; "Abbreviate 'New York' and write 'NY'"
2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge}, {foreshorten},
{shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] [ant: {elaborate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
{Abridge}.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, adjective [L. abbreviatus, p. p.]
1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] ''The abbreviate
form.'' --Earle.
2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
than the ordinary type.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, noun
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "abbreviate":
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
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