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Definition abbreviate

Etymology 1

Either from Middle English abbreviaten, from Latin abbrevi?tus, perfect passive participle of abbrevi? (“to shorten”), formed from ad + brevi? (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”) or back-formation from abbreviation. See also abridge.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17 century.]
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner. [Attested from the late 16 century until the early 17 century.]
  3. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  4. (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form. [First attested in the late 16 century.]
  5. (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Etymology 2

Adjective

abbreviate (comparative more abbreviate, superlative most abbreviate)

  1. (obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17 century]
  2. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. [First attested in the mid 19 century.]
Noun

abbreviate (plural abbreviates)

  1. (obsolete) An abridgment. [Mid 16 century.]

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ABBE 10
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ARIA 4
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TIRE 4
TREE 4
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VARA 8
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VERA 8
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VERT 8
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VIER 8
VITA 8
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AIR 3
AIT 3
ARB 6
ARE 3
ART 3
ATE 3
AVA 7
AVE 7
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ERA 3
ERE 3
ETA 3
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IRE 3
RAI 3
RAT 3
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REE 3
REI 3
RET 3
REV 7
RIA 3
RIB 6
TAB 6
TAE 3
TAR 3
TAV 7
TEA 3
TEE 3
TIE 3
VAR 7
VAT 7
VEE 7
VET 7
VIA 7
VIE 7
2 letter words with the letters ABBREVIATE 
AA 2
AB 5
AE 2
AI 2
AR 2
AT 2
BA 5
BE 5
BI 5
ER 2
ET 2
IT 2
RE 2
TA 2
TI 2

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