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Abbreviated   /əbrˈiviˌeɪtəd/  /əbrˈiviˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
verb
Abbreviate  v. t.  (past & past part. abbreviated; pres. part. abbreviating)  
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."
2.
(Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.


adjective
Abbreviated  adj.  Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.





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