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- pronunciation:
bri
vi
eIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviated |
| definition 1: |
to reduce in length or duration.
Pressing matters at home forced them to abbreviate their stay in Europe.- synonyms:
- compress, condense, cut, cut down, reduce, shorten
- antonyms:
- elongate, extend, lengthen
- similar words:
- abridge, abstract, digest, summarize, synopsize, truncate
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| definition 2: |
to represent in writing by using a shorter form or a few letters.
One may abbreviate "northwest" by writing "NW."People usually abbreviate the word "Mister" by writing "Mr."- synonyms:
- contract, shorten
- similar words:
- abridge, compress, condense, cut, cut down, reduce
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| related words: |
brief, contract, curtail, lower |
adverb + (v.)abbreviate
already,
always,
commonly,
else,
example,
greatly,
here,
hereafter,
highly,
how,
however,
later,
least,
much,
often,
probably,
quickly,
sensibly,
slightly,
sometimes,
somewhat,
subsequently,
usually
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(v.)abbreviate
+ noun
anonymity,
answer,
career,
courtship,
description,
disorder,
figure,
form,
generator,
heat,
journal,
key,
leg,
letter,
life,
limb,
list,
majority,
man,
manuscript,
name,
nickname,
oxygen,
process,
questionnaire,
reason,
restaurant,
schedule,
school,
season,
section,
span,
text,
thought,
time,
unit,
version,
way,
word
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| derivation: |
abbreviated (adj.) |
The word abbreviate
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, aberrant, aberration, abhor, abject, abjure, ablate, ablation, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, abrupt, abscond, absence, absent, absolute, absolve, absorb, abstain, abstract, abnegate, abuse, abusive
brev, brevi
Latin
root
that means short, brief
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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