Antonyms for abbreviate
əˈbri viˌeɪtab·bre·vi·ate

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1. abbreviate

   Antonyms:
   amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

   Synonyms:
   abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, curtail, cut down, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

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1. abbreviate

   Antonyms:
   lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate

   Synonyms:
   shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune, compress

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1. • Reduce

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1. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

   reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

   "The manuscript must be shortened"

   Synonyms:
   sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

2. abbreviateverb

   shorten

   "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

   Synonyms:
   contract, shorten, cut, reduce, abridge, foreshorten

How to use abbreviate in a sentence?

1. Dick Cavett:

   I'm perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation Ms., which doesn't abbreviate anything except common sense.

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