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