lyhennetty — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- abridged adj Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
- truncate verb To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
Senses
lyhennetty is used for these senses in English:
- abbreviate (obsolete, as a participial adjective) Abbreviated, abridged, shortened. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century]
- abridged Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
- truncate Truncated.
abbreviate — full definition
- verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- verb To speak or write in a brief manner.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- verb To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.