verb Download 🔗Share To shorten by omitting parts or details. Examples : "To save time, the teacher abbreviated the instructions for the project. " language writing communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To speak or write in a brief manner. Examples : "She abbreviated her presentation to fit the five-minute time limit. " language writing communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. Examples : "Because of the unexpected fire drill, the meeting was abbreviated to just fifteen minutes. " time language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form. Examples : "The professor abbreviated "United States" to "U.S." in her lecture notes to save time. " language writing word communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Examples : "The fraction 6/12 can be abbreviated to 1/2. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Shortened; made briefer. Examples : "The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half." language writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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