abbreviate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de raccourcir un mot, une phrase ou un texte en omettant des lettres ou en utilisant une forme plus courte.

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.

   Abréger un mot ou une phrase

   • 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'.

   Synonymesabridgecondensecontractreduceshortentruncate

2. Shorten a text or speechB2formal

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

   Abréger un texte ou un discours

   • 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.

   Synonymesabridgecompresscondenseshorten

   Antonymeselongateexpandextendlengthen