Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb abbreviate
1 of 2 senses of abbreviate
Sense 2
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten
=> condense, concentrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb abbreviate
1 of 2 senses of abbreviate
Sense 2
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten
=> condense, concentrate
=> encapsulate, capsule, capsulize
=> telescope
Entailment of verb abbreviate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb abbreviate
2 senses of abbreviate
Sense 1
abbreviate
=> reduce, simplify
Sense 2
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Familiarity of verb abbreviate
abbreviate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb abbreviate
Sense 1
abbreviate
=> reduce, simplify
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Sense 2
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Overview of verb abbreviate
The verb abbreviate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) abbreviate -- (shorten, as of words "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'.")
2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")
Grep of adj abbreviate
abbreviated
Overview of verb abbreviate
The verb abbreviate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) abbreviate -- (shorten, as of words "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'.")
2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")
abbreviate definition
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