abbreviate 音标拼音: [əbr'ivi
, et]
vt . 缩写,使…简略,缩短
缩写,使…简略,缩短
abbreviate 简写; 缩写
abbreviate v 1 :
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements ; "
The manuscript must be shortened " [
synonym : {
abridge },
{
foreshorten }, {
abbreviate }, {
shorten }, {
cut }, {
contract },
{
reduce }] [
ant : {
dilate }, {
elaborate }, {
enlarge }, {
expand },
{
expatiate }, {
exposit }, {
expound }, {
flesh out },
{
lucubrate }]
2 :
shorten ; "
Abbreviate `
New York '
and write `
NY '"
Abbreviate \
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Abbreviated };
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n . {
Abbreviating }.]
[
L .
abbreviatus ,
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of abbreviare ;
ad breviare to shorten ,
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brevis short .
See {
Abridge }.]
1 .
To make briefer ;
to shorten ;
to abridge ;
to reduce by contraction or omission ,
especially of words written or spoken .
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It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting ,
another by cutting off . --
Bacon .
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2 . (
Math .)
To reduce to lower terms ,
as a fraction .
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Abbreviate \
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1 .
Abbreviated ;
abridged ;
shortened . [
R .] "
The abbreviate form ." --
Earle .
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2 . (
Biol .)
Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type .
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Abbreviate \
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n .
An abridgment . [
Obs .] --
Elyot .
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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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