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1. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce(verb)

   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, abbreviate, 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. abbreviate(verb)

   shorten

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

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

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1. abbreviate

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

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

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1. abbreviate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, abridge, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down

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shorten, abridge

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