abbreviate
Other forms: abbreviated; abbreviating; abbreviates
To abbreviate is to shorten. Words are often abbreviated, like when we say sked instead of schedule.
Though we most often think about words being abbreviated — especially terms like OMG and LOL for "oh my God" and "laugh out loud" — lots of things can be abbreviated. You just have to shorten them. Sudden rain might abbreviate a baseball game. A bomb threat would abbreviate a school day. Anytime something is being shortened or cut, abbreviation is going on.
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shorten“Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'”type of:reducemake less complex
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elementstypes:bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shortenedit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicatetelescopemake smaller or shorter
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