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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: abbreviate (0.00964 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to abbreviate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: abbreviate
abbreviate
v 1: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
“The
manuscript must be shortened” [syn:
abridge,
foreshorten,
shorten,
cut,
contract,
reduce] [ant:
elaborate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Abbreviate
Abbreviate
\Ab*bre"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Abbreviated;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Abbreviating.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
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It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
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2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
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Abbreviate
\Ab*bre"vi*ate\, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.]
1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.]
“The abbreviate
form.” --Earle.
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2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
than the ordinary type.
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Abbreviate
\Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n.
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
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