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skracać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  • reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
  • shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.

Senses

skracać 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).]
  • reduce (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
  • shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.

abbreviate — full definition

  1. verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  2. verb To speak or write in a brief manner.
  3. verb To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  4. verb To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

reduce — full definition

  1. verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
  2. verb To boil a sauce or liquid down so it becomes thicker and more concentrated.
  3. verb To bring a broken bone or dislocated joint back into its correct position.
  4. verb To force someone into a lesser or worse state or condition.

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