verb🔗ShareAbréger, raccourcirTo shorten by omitting parts or details."We often abbreviate "United States of America" to "USA." "Nous abrégeons souvent « United States of America » en « USA ».languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbréger, raccourcirTo speak or write in a brief manner."To save time, the teacher asked the students to abbreviate their answers. "Pour gagner du temps, le professeur a demandé aux élèves d'abréger leurs réponses.languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbréger, raccourcirTo make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned."To save time, we abbreviated the meeting by only discussing the most important items. "Pour gagner du temps, nous avons abrégé la réunion en ne discutant que des points les plus importants.languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbréger, raccourcirTo reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form."To save space, the teacher instructed us to abbreviate the title of the novel. "Pour gagner de la place, le professeur nous a demandé d'abréger le titre du roman.languagewritingwordgrammarcommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRéduire, simplifierTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction."You can abbreviate the fraction 4/8 to 1/2. "Vous pouvez réduire la fraction 4/8 à 1/2.mathnumbertechnicallanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAbréviationAn abridgment.""Etc." is a common abbreviate for "et cetera." "« Etc. » est une abréviation courante de « et cetera ».languagewritingwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAbrégé, raccourciAbbreviated; abridged; shortened."The school's newsletter used an abbreviated version of the schedule to save space. "Le bulletin d'information de l'école utilisait une version abrégée de l'emploi du temps pour gagner de la place.languagewordgrammarwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAbrégé, raccourciHaving one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type."Her abbreviated skirt was not appropriate for the conservative office environment. "Sa jupe raccourcie n'était pas appropriée pour l'environnement de bureau conservateur.partappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading