abbreviate

abbreviate has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• v. t.. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
• v. t.. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
• a.. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
• a.. Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
• n.. An abridgment.
• v.. shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
• v.. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"