abbreviate

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verb

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
• Syn:
abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
• Ant:
expand (for: contract)
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction (for: contract), shortener (for: shorten), abbreviator, abridgement (for: abridge), abridger (for: abridge)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten,
digest, condense, concentrate
• Verb Group:
edit, cut, edit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. shorten
- Abbreviate 'New York' and write 'NY'
• Derivationally related forms:
abbreviation, abbreviator
• Hypernyms:
reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate