'abbreviate' definitions:
Definition of 'abbreviate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate]
verb
Shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
Synonyms of 'abbreviate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- abstract,
- attenuate,
- be telegraphic,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bowdlerize,
- cancel,
- capsulize,
- censor,
- circumscribe,
- clip,
- coarct,
- compact,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contract,
- cramp,
- crop,
- cross out,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- decrease,
- delete,
- dock,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- edit,
- edit out,
- elide,
- epitomize,
- erase,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- extenuate,
- foreshorten,
- kill,
- knit,
- mow,
- narrow,
- nip,
- omit,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- purse,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- rescind,
- retrench,
- rub out,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- slash,
- snub,
- solidify,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate,
- void,
- waste no words,
- wrinkle