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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | abridged, brief, condensed, contracted, cryptic, cut, diminished, short, shortened, simplified, truncated |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, acronym, condensation, initialism, logogram, logograph, reduction, schema, shortening, summary, synopsis |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, boil down*, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, reduce, summarize, take out, trim |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short an activity |
| Synonyms: | abort, curtail, restrict, stop short, truncate |
| Antonyms: | expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | abridge, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut back, digest, diminish, elide, epitomize, pack, prune, reduce, shorten, shrink, simplify, slash, squeeze, syncopate, synopsize, truncate |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To make short or shorter the duration or extent of. |
| Synonyms: | abridge, condense, curtail, reduce |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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