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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[1913 Webster]
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
abbreviating
vb.
(present participle of en abbreviate nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
abbreviating
vb.
(present participle of en abbreviate nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
abbreviating
vb.
(present participle of en abbreviate nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
abbreviating
vb.
(present participle of en abbreviate nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
abbreviating
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a bbreviat ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
abbreviating
Engelska a.
(avledning en abbreviate ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb abbreviate)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Abbreviating /ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ 1. الاختصار 2. الإختزالFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
abbreviating /ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zkracující
abbreviating /ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]zkracujíc
abbreviating /ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ kürzend, abkürzend, verkürzend see: abbreviate, abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviatedFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/əˈbɹiviˌeɪtɪŋ/