Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abbreviate
Participle: abbreviated
Gerund: abbreviating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | abbreviate |
| you | abbreviate |
| he;she;it | abbreviates |
| we | abbreviate |
| you | abbreviate |
| they | abbreviate |
Perfect
| I | have abbreviated |
| you | have abbreviated |
| he;she;it | has abbreviated |
| we | have abbreviated |
| you | have abbreviated |
| they | have abbreviated |
Past
| I | abbreviated |
| you | abbreviated |
| he;she;it | abbreviated |
| we | abbreviated |
| you | abbreviated |
| they | abbreviated |
Pluperfect
| I | had abbreviated |
| you | had abbreviated |
| he;she;it | had abbreviated |
| we | had abbreviated |
| you | had abbreviated |
| they | had abbreviated |
Future
| I | will abbreviate |
| you | will abbreviate |
| he;she;it | will abbreviate |
| we | will abbreviate |
| you | will abbreviate |
| they | will abbreviate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abbreviated |
| you | will have abbreviated |
| he;she;it | will have abbreviated |
| we | will have abbreviated |
| you | will have abbreviated |
| they | will have abbreviated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abbreviate |
| you | abbreviate |
| he;she;it | abbreviate |
| we | abbreviate |
| you | abbreviate |
| they | abbreviate |
Perfect
| I | have abbreviated |
| you | have abbreviated |
| he;she;it | have abbreviated |
| we | have abbreviated |
| you | have abbreviated |
| they | have abbreviated |
Imperfect
| I | abbreviated |
| you | abbreviated |
| he;she;it | abbreviated |
| we | abbreviated |
| you | abbreviated |
| they | abbreviated |
Pluperfect
| I | had abbreviated |
| you | had abbreviated |
| he;she;it | had abbreviated |
| we | had abbreviated |
| you | had abbreviated |
| they | had abbreviated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abbreviate |
| you | would abbreviate |
| he;she;it | would abbreviate |
| we | would abbreviate |
| you | would abbreviate |
| they | would abbreviate |
Perfect
| I | would have abbreviated |
| you | would have abbreviated |
| he;she;it | would have abbreviated |
| we | would have abbreviated |
| you | would have abbreviated |
| they | would have abbreviated |
Imperative
| you | abbreviate |
| we | Let's abbreviate |
| you | abbreviate |
Verbs conjugated like 'abbreviate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'abbreviate'
breviate,
unabbreviate,
alleviate,
appreciate,
appretiate,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
ablegate,
abnegate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make shorter
- abridge, chop off, compress, condense, curt, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, trim, truncate
- shorten
- abridge, condense, contract, crop, curtail, truncate, dock
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English abbreviaten, from abbreviat(e) (“abbreviated”, used as the participle of abbreviaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“to shorten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab- + breviō (“to shorten”), from brevis (“short”). Alternatively, a back-formation from abbreviation. Doublet of abridge.Verbs referencing "abbreviate"
Ido abreviar.
Sample Sentences
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But it is one Thing, to Abbreuiate by Contracting, Another by Cutting off: […] [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Dispatch. XXV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, pages 142–143:]
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But as delivery schedules have dwindled into hours, even the gigantic warehouse full of stuff in a central place such as the triangle is proving insufficient. Now, companies also need smaller distribution centres around the country, to respond rapidly to orders and to abbreviate the last mile as much as possible. [2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019:]
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.
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Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say. [2018 August 29, Jim Taylor, “The woman who founded the 'incel' movement”, in BBC:]