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abbreviate
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abbreviate
v.
shorten, reduce in length, make brief
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Abbreviation
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abbreviate
Verb
1. shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
(hypernym) reduce
(derivation) abbreviation
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
(synonym) abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
(verb-group) edit, cut, edit out
(derivation) abridger, abbreviator
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abbreviare
v.
cut short, shorten, curtail, abbreviate, abridge, condense
abbreviato
adj.
condensed, abridged, shortened
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abbreviate
v.
vytvořit zkratku; zkrátit; zestručnit
