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   abbreviate

   /əˈbriːvɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. shorten (a word, phrase, or text): "‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’"
   • ▪ shorten the duration of; cut short: "I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- ‘shortened’, from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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   Abbreviate definition: to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian..

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   To abbreviate is to shorten. Words are often abbreviated, like when we say sked instead of schedule.