Thesaurus: abbreviate

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1. v. t. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
2. v. t. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
3. a. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
4. a. Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
5. n. An abridgment.
6. v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements