definition of the word abbreviateby the Wiktionnary
From Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare, formed from ad- + breviare "to shorten", from brevis short.
to abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviates, present participle abbreviating, simple past and past participle abbreviated)
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
- It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. — Bacon
- (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
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