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abbreviative

abbreviative adjective: tending to abbreviate; condensed.

Adjective

abbreviative (comparative more abbreviative, superlative most abbreviative)

  1. Tending to abbreviate; condensed.

Forms of abbreviative

comparativemore abbreviative
superlativemost abbreviative

Origin of abbreviative

From abbreviate + -ive.

Questions about abbreviative

What does abbreviative mean?
Abbreviative means tending to abbreviate; condensed.
What part of speech is abbreviative?
Abbreviative is an adjective.

Words near abbreviative in the dictionary

  1. abbreviates
  2. abbreviating
  3. abbreviation
  4. abbreviationitis
  5. abbreviations
  6. abbreviative
  7. abbreviator
  8. abbreviatorily
  9. abbreviators
  10. abbreviatory
  11. abbreviature

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