省略 — meaning in English
shōryaku
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English meaning
- abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- abbreviation noun A shortened form of a word or phrase, standing in for the full version.
- ellipsis noun A row of three dots (…) used in writing to show that words have been left out of a quotation, or that a thought trails away unfinished.
- omission noun The act of leaving something out, or something that has been left out.
- omit verb To leave something out or exclude it.
Senses
省略 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).]
- abbreviation (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]
- elide To leave out or omit (something).
- ellipsis (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- omit (transitive) To leave out or exclude.
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.