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/ə.ˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/ /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/

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verb

Abréger, raccourcir

To shorten by omitting parts or details.

Examples :

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

Nous abrégeons souvent « United States of America » en « USA ».

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verb

Abréger, raccourcir

To speak or write in a brief manner.

Examples :

"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.

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verb

Abréger, raccourcir

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. "

Pour gagner du temps, nous avons abrégé la réunion en ne discutant que des points les plus importants.

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verb

Abréger, raccourcir

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. "

Pour gagner de la place, le professeur nous a demandé d'abréger le titre du roman.

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verb

Réduire, simplifier

To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples :

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

Vous pouvez réduire la fraction 4/8 à 1/2.

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noun

Abréviation

Examples :

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

« Etc. » est une abréviation courante de « et cetera ».

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adjective

Abrégé, raccourci

Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Examples :

"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.

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adjective

Abrégé, raccourci

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

Examples :

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

Sa jupe raccourcie n'était pas appropriée pour l'environnement de bureau conservateur.

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