verb🔗ShareСокращать, укорачиватьTo shorten by omitting parts or details."When writing addresses, we are abbreviating "Street" to "St." and "Avenue" to "Ave." "При написании адресов мы сокращаем «Street» до «St.» и «Avenue» до «Ave.»languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareСокращать, укорачиватьTo speak or write in a brief manner."The teacher was abbreviating "United States of America" to "USA" while writing on the board. "Учитель сокращал «United States of America» до «USA», когда писал на доске.languagecommunicationwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareСокращать, укорачиватьTo make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned."To save time, the teacher was abbreviating her lesson by skipping the final review. "Чтобы сэкономить время, учитель сокращала свой урок, пропуская заключительный обзор.languagewritingcommunicationgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareСокращать, сократитьTo reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form."When writing the date in a hurry, I often end up abbreviating "August" to "Aug." "Когда я пишу дату в спешке, я часто сокращаю «Август» до «Авг.».languagegrammarwritingwordcommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareСокращать, упрощатьTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction."The math teacher showed us how to simplify fractions by abbreviating them to their lowest terms. "Учитель математики показал нам, как упрощать дроби, сокращая их до наименьших членов.mathlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading