abbreviate, v.
(abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviating)
(abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviating)
shorten
<verb.change>
abbreviate
sample sentences
"Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten
sample sentences
"The manuscript must be shortened"verb frames
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They won't %s the story
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
verb group
hypernym