abbreviating

noun

(obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.

verb

(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.

(transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

(obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details.

(obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner.

adjective

(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

(obsolete, as a participle) Abbreviated.

(obsolete, as a participial adjective) Abbreviated, abridged, shortened.

Roots

brevisbrevi- · Latin · short

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