ABBREVIATE


Meaning of ABBREVIATE in English

(~s, abbreviating, ~d)

If you ~ something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.

He ~d his first name to Alec.

= shorten

VERB: V n to n, also V n

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .