Dictionary Entry
abbreviate
abbreviate is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
- 2transitive verb
To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
- 3adjective
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
- 4adjective
Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
- 5noun
An abridgment.
- 6verb
shorten
"Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
- 7verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
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