Past tense of abbreviate
regular verb
The past tense of abbreviate is abbreviated. The past participle is also abbreviated.
Forms of abbreviate
| Base form (V1) | abbreviate /əˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | abbreviated /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | abbreviated /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | abbreviating |
| Third person singular | abbreviates |
Abbreviated in a sentence
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.
- Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.2018 August 29, Jim Taylor, “The woman who founded the 'incel' movement”, in BBC
- The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.From the entry abbreviated
- TTIP, which is also abbreviated as TAFTA, is a proposed free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States of America.From the entry TTIP
- There are two genders: common gender (genus commune, abbreviated: com.) and neuter (genus neutrum, abbreviated: neut.).2011, Theo van den Hout, The Elements of Hittite, page 16. From the entry common gender
Meaning of abbreviate
- verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- verb To speak or write in a brief manner.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
Questions about the past tense of abbreviate
- What is the past tense of abbreviate?
- The past tense of abbreviate is abbreviated.
- What is the past participle of abbreviate?
- The past participle of abbreviate is abbreviated.
- Is abbreviate a regular or irregular verb?
- Abbreviate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abbreviate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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