What is another word for abbreviates?

Pronunciation: [ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Abbreviates is a verb which means to shorten a word or phrase by omitting certain letters or to make something shorter in length or duration. Some synonyms for the word abbreviates are shortens, reduces, condenses, contracts, cuts, trims, curtails, and shrinks. Shortens and reduces are similar in meaning to abbreviates, while condenses implies a compressing of content. Contracts and shrinks mean to make smaller, and trims and curtails signify a reduction in size or quantity. All of these synonyms are useful when trying to convey the idea of making something shorter or more concise, whether it be a word, phrase, or piece of writing.

What are the hypernyms for Abbreviates?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Abbreviates

It is, indeed, a vice which deadens enjoyment, as well as abbreviates it; it is a shameful waste of the gifts, and a melancholy perversion of the bounty of Providence: my conscience tormented me; but the habit, fatally indulged in early childhood, was not easy to overcome.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
If you read her diary carefully, you'll see that she very frequently abbreviates her words, not only Tues.
"The Diamond Pin"
Carolyn Wells
I wonder that they don't neglect the Use of Horses, Jacks, Handspikes, and Cranes in his Majesty's Yards, as well as Sawing-Mills; since each of them abbreviates Labour and lessens the Expence, requiring fewer People than must be employed, were it not for those Inventions, so much hated by the common People; but certainly these might be so employed in other Business, as to get more Money with less Labour.
"The Present State of Virginia"
Hugh Jones

Word of the Day

inconstructible
The word "inconstructible" suggests that something is impossible to construct or build. Its antonyms, therefore, would be words that imply the opposite. For example, "constructible...