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abbreviates

verb

Meaning

  1. To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  2. To speak or write in a brief manner.
  3. To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  4. To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
  5. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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