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Definition of abbreviate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

abbreviate

 verb
verb
NAmE//əˈbriviˌeɪt//
 
[usually passive] abbreviate something (to something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they abbreviate
 
he / she / it abbreviates
 
past simple abbreviated
 
-ing form abbreviating
 
 
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to make a word, phrase, or name shorter by leaving out letters or using only the first letter of each word synonym shorten The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is abbreviated to NASA.
abbreviated adjective
 
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Where appropriate, abbreviated forms are used.See abbreviate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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