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abbreviate

/ə.ˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/ /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/

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verb

Abreviar, acortar

To shorten by omitting parts or details.

Examples :

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

A menudo abreviamos "United States of America" a "USA".

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verb

Abreviar, acortar

To speak or write in a brief manner.

Examples :

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

Para ahorrar tiempo, el profesor pidió a los estudiantes que abreviaran sus respuestas.

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verb

Abreviar, acortar

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. "

Para ahorrar tiempo, abreviamos la reunión discutiendo solo los temas más importantes.

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verb

Abreviar, acortar

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. "

Para ahorrar espacio, el profesor nos indicó que abreviáramos el título de la novela.

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verb

Simplificar, reducir

To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples :

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

Puedes simplificar la fracción 4/8 a 1/2.

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noun

Abreviatura

Examples :

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

“Etc.” es una abreviatura común de “et cetera”.

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adjective

Abreviado, acortado

Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Examples :

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

El boletín informativo de la escuela utilizó una versión abreviada del horario para ahorrar espacio.

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adjective

Abreviado, acortado

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

Examples :

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

Su falda abreviada no era apropiada para el entorno de oficina conservador.

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