Definition of the verb : to abbreviate

1° shorten 2° reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Indicative Simple present I abbreviate you abbreviate he abbreviates we abbreviate you abbreviate they abbreviate Present progressive/continuous I am abbreviating you are abbreviating he is abbreviating we are abbreviating you are abbreviating they are abbreviating Simple past I abbreviated you abbreviated he abbreviated we abbreviated you abbreviated they abbreviated Past progressive/continuous I was abbreviating you were abbreviating he was abbreviating we were abbreviating you were abbreviating they were abbreviating Present perfect simple I have abbreviated you have abbreviated he has abbreviated we have abbreviated you have abbreviated they have abbreviated Present perfect progressive/continuous I have been abbreviating you have been abbreviating he has been abbreviating we have been abbreviating you have been abbreviating they have been abbreviating Past perfect I had abbreviated you had abbreviated he had abbreviated we had abbreviated you had abbreviated they had abbreviated Present perfect progressive/continuous I had been abbreviating you had been abbreviating he had been abbreviating we had been abbreviating you had been abbreviating they had been abbreviating Future I will/shall abbreviate you will abbreviate he will abbreviate we will/shall abbreviate you will abbreviate they will abbreviate Future progressive/continuous I will/shall be abbreviating you will be abbreviating he will be abbreviating we will/shall be abbreviating you will be abbreviating they will be abbreviating Future perfect I will/shall have abbreviated you will have abbreviated he will have abbreviated we will/shall have abbreviated you will have abbreviated they will have abbreviated Future perfect continuous I will/shall have been abbreviating you will have been abbreviating he will have been abbreviating we will/shall have been abbreviating you will have been abbreviating they will have been abbreviating Conditional Simple I would/should abbreviate you would abbreviate he would abbreviate we would/should abbreviate you would abbreviate they would abbreviate Progressive I would/should be abbreviating you would be abbreviating he would be abbreviating we would/should be abbreviating you would be abbreviating they would be abbreviating Perfect I would/should have abbreviated you would have abbreviated he would have abbreviated we would/should have abbreviated you would have abbreviated they would have abbreviated Perfect progressive I would/should have been abbreviating you would have been abbreviating he would have been abbreviating we would/should have been abbreviating you would have been abbreviating they would have been abbreviating

Synonym of the verb : to abbreviate

abridge - condense - contract - curtail - cut - cut down - cut short - digest - foreshorten - reduce - shorten - summarise - summarize - truncate -

Some other verbs :

outflank impanel dissatisfy short-circuit educe bag soldier underachieve vilify chaff purchase deport unhinge declassify dwindle reverberate arraign outflow blackball quicken

French translation

abréger - raccourcir -

Realization : LB
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