短縮 — meaning in English
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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.
- shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
- truncation noun The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
Senses
短縮 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.]
- shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- shortening the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
- truncation (linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
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.