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abbreviated

UK/əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd//əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/

abbreviated adjective: shortened; made briefer. Also the simple past and past participle of abbreviate.

Adjective

abbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative 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.

Also used as

abbreviated is also the simple past and past participle of abbreviate.

abbreviated meaning in Bengali and Arabic

abbreviated in Bengali

shortened
মুখতসর mukhtosor

abbreviated in Arabic

shortened
مُخْتَصَر muḵtaṣar

Examples of abbreviated in a sentence

  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.
  • TTIP, which is also abbreviated as TAFTA, is a proposed free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States of America.
  • Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.

All 24 example sentences with abbreviated

Forms of abbreviated

comparativemore abbreviated
superlativemost abbreviated

Words formed from abbreviated

Phrases with abbreviated

Questions about abbreviated

What does abbreviated mean?
Abbreviated means shortened; made briefer.
What is abbreviated in Bengali?
Abbreviated in Bengali is মুখতসর (mukhtosor). See Abbreviated meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is abbreviated?
Abbreviated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abbreviated?
Abbreviated is pronounced /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near abbreviated in the dictionary

  1. abbreve
  2. abbreves
  3. abbreviable
  4. abbreviatable
  5. abbreviate
  6. abbreviated
  7. abbreviated number
  8. abbreviated numbers
  9. abbreviatedly
  10. abbreviately
  11. abbreviater

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