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abbreviated

  • /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/ UK
  • /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/ US

adjective more abbreviated · most abbreviated

  1. Shortened; made briefer. The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
  2. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
  3. Scanty, as in clothing.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of abbreviate

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Closest in meaning: brief, short, truncated, shortened, succinct, concise, summary, abridged, compendium, abstract, edited, synthesis, condensed, streamlined, fast-track, accelerated

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adj shortened

Españolabreviado
한국어단축된 danchukdoen
日本語略した ryaku shita
中文简略的
Portuguêsabreviado
Françaisabrégé
Deutschabgekürzt
Italianoabbreviato
Ελληνικάσυντετμημένος syntetmiménos
Românăprescurtat, abreviat
Русскийсокращённый sokraščónnyj, укоро́ченный ukoróčennyj
العربيةمُخْتَصَر muḵtaṣar

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@misc{abbreviated_2026,
  title = {abbreviated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abbreviated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}