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Definitions
Abbreviate means to shorten.
Word origin
From Middle English abbreviaten, from abbreviat(e) (“abbreviated”, used as the participle of abbreviaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“to shorten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab- + breviō (“to shorten”), from brevis (“short”). Alternatively, a back-formation from abbreviation. Doublet of abridge.
Used in a sentence
“But it is one Thing, to Abbreuiate by Contracting, Another by Cutting off: […]”
“Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.”
“Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.”
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