verb🔗ShareTo shorten by omitting parts or details."To save time, the teacher abbreviated the instructions for the project. "languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo speak or write in a brief manner."She abbreviated her presentation to fit the five-minute time limit. "languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned."Because of the unexpected fire drill, the meeting was abbreviated to just fifteen minutes. "timelanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form."The professor abbreviated "United States" to "U.S." in her lecture notes to save time. "languagewritingwordcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction."The fraction 6/12 can be abbreviated to 1/2. "mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareShortened; made briefer."The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half."languagewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareRelatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others."The meeting was abbreviated because the important guests arrived late. "languagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareScanty, as in clothing."Due to the summer heat, many people at the beach wore abbreviated swimsuits. "appearancestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
