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Word | Abbreviate |
Portuguese Meaning | abreviar, resumir |
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; The manuscript must be shortened / shorten / Abbreviated / shorten (a word, phrase, or text). / to make (something) shorter; especially : to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form, | |
Usage | ⇒ United States of America has been abbreviated to USA ⇒ Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech. ⇒ You can abbreviate the word “building” as “bldg.” ⇒ the business of artists and repertory, commonly abbreviated to A&R ⇒ The word "inch" is abbreviated "in" |
Synonyms | shorten, abridge, curtail, condense, cut, reduce, compress, contract, digest, summarize, abstract, epitomize, trim, diminish, truncate, cut back, cut down, decrease, synopsize, foreshorten, |
Antonyms | lengthen, enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, expand, elongate, add, aggrandize, augment, dilate, escalate, prolong, protract, multiply, swell, unfold, balloon, boost, develop, |
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