abreviar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
- shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
Senses
abreviar 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]
- 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.
abridge — full definition
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.