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Word: Abbreviate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- ‘shortened’, from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbriːvɪeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
shorten (a word, phrase, or text)
Short Definition:shorten
Examples:- ‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’
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