сокраща́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• abbreviate verb To make something shorter by leaving out some parts.
• abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
• shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.

Senses

сокраща́ть 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).]
• abridge (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]
• abridge (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. [First attested in 1384] [First attested around 1350–1470]
• cancel (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
• curtail (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
• cut down (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
• dock (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
• downsize (transitive) To reduce the workforce of.

abbreviate — full definition

1. verb To make something shorter by leaving out some parts.
2. verb To speak or write briefly.
3. verb To make something take less time than was planned.
4. verb To shorten a word or phrase into a shorter form that people can still recognise.

abridge — full definition

1. verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
2. verb To stop someone from having or doing something.
3. verb To make something shorter in length or time.
4. verb To make a piece of writing shorter while keeping its main meaning.

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