abréger — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
- curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
Senses
abréger is used for these senses in English:
- abbreviate (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- curtail (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
- ease (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
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.
abridge — full definition
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.