abbreviate
— Verb
– English
~ reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
abbreviate
— Verb
– English
~ shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
abbreviated
— Adjective
– English
~ cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
abbreviated
— Adjective
– English
~ (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"
abbreviation
— Noun
– English
~ a shortened form of a word or phrase
abbreviation
— Noun
– English
~ shortening something by omitting parts of it
abbreviator
— Noun
– English
~ one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
ABC
— Noun
– English
~ the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
ABC's
— Noun
– English
~ the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
abdicable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished; "abdicable responsibilites"
abdicate
— Verb
– English
~ give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
abdication
— Noun
– English
~ the act of abdicating
abdication
— Noun
– English
~ a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
abdicator
— Noun
– English
~ one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
abdomen
— Noun
– English
~ the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis