abbreviate

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, ein Wort, eine Phrase oder einen Text durch Auslassen von Buchstaben oder Verwendung einer kürzeren Form zu verkürzen.

A verb used to indicate the act of shortening a word, phrase, or text by omitting letters or using a shorter form.

1. Shorten a word or phraseB2formal

   To make a word or phrase shorter by omitting letters or using initials.

   Abkürzen

   • The word 'Doctor' is often abbreviated to 'Dr.'
   • You can abbreviate 'United States' as 'U.S.'
   • In text messages, people often abbreviate 'laughing out loud' to 'LOL'.

   Synonymeabridgecondensecontractreduceshortentruncate

2. Shorten a text or speechB2formal

   To make a written or spoken text shorter while preserving its essential meaning.

   Verkürzen

   • The editor had to abbreviate the article to fit the page limit.
   • He abbreviated his speech due to time constraints.
   • The report was abbreviated for the executive summary.

   Synonymeabridgecompresscondenseshorten

   Antonymeelongateexpandextendlengthen