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abbreviate

/ə.ˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/ /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/

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verb

Abkürzen, verkürzen

To shorten by omitting parts or details.

Examples :

"We often abbreviate "United States of America" to "USA." "

Wir kürzen „United States of America“ oft zu „USA“ ab.

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verb

Abkürzen, verkürzen

To speak or write in a brief manner.

Examples :

"To save time, the teacher asked the students to abbreviate their answers. "

Um Zeit zu sparen, bat der Lehrer die Schüler, ihre Antworten abzukürzen.

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verb

Abkürzen, verkürzen

To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.

Examples :

"To save time, we abbreviated the meeting by only discussing the most important items. "

Um Zeit zu sparen, haben wir das Meeting abgekürzt, indem wir nur die wichtigsten Punkte besprochen haben.

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verb

Abkürzen, verkürzen

To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

Examples :

"To save space, the teacher instructed us to abbreviate the title of the novel. "

Um Platz zu sparen, wies uns der Lehrer an, den Titel des Romans abzukürzen.

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verb

Kürzen, vereinfachen

To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples :

"You can abbreviate the fraction 4/8 to 1/2. "

Du kannst den Bruch 4/8 zu 1/2 kürzen.

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noun

Abkürzung

Examples :

""Etc." is a common abbreviate for "et cetera." "

„Usw.“ ist eine gebräuchliche Abkürzung für „et cetera“.

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adjective

Abgekürzt, verkürzt

Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Examples :

"The school's newsletter used an abbreviated version of the schedule to save space. "

Der Newsletter der Schule verwendete eine abgekürzte Version des Stundenplans, um Platz zu sparen.

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adjective

Abgekürzt, verkürzt

Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Examples :

"Her abbreviated skirt was not appropriate for the conservative office environment. "

Ihr verkürzter Rock war für die konservative Büroumgebung nicht angemessen.

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