abbreviating
present participle ofabbreviate
abbreviate
verb[Tusually passive]
uk/əˈbriː.vi.eɪt/us/əˈbriː.vi.eɪt/to make a word or phraseshorterby using only the firstlettersof each word:
"Daniel" is often abbreviatedto"Dan".
"Chief Executive Officer" is abbreviatedas"CEO".
to be the abbreviation for something
- be an/the abbreviation forDST is the abbreviation for daylight saving time.
- stand forGPS stands for "Global Positioning System".
- short for somethingJo is short for Josephine.
- be abbreviated toThe word "immunoglobulin" is often abbreviated to "Ig".
- be shortened toThe word "propeller" is often shortened to "prop".
- There is alistofabbreviationsnear thebeginningof thebook.
- What does the abbreviation WHOstandfor?
- Please use the abbreviation "cm" for "centimetres", without anyfullstopafter it.
- Sorry - could youexplainwhat some of theseabbreviationsmeaninyourletter?
- Wegenerallyuse the abbreviation "MP"insteadof writing out "Member of Parliament" infull.
Punctuation
- abbreviated
- accent
- acute
- apostrophe
- at sign
- block capitals
- caron
- cedilla
- comma
- dash
- diacritical
- double prime
- round brackets
- semicolon
- small cap
- small capitals
- solidus
- square brackets
- stroke
- unbracketed
Examplesofabbreviating
abbreviating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In such cases, the proof of the later often refers in some general terms to the former,abbreviatingit even further.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A mechanism forabbreviatingcontexts might make type signatures readable and maintainable, even in this kind of program.
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The formalization does not yet include patterns for float constants and for type constructorsabbreviatingpolymorphic variants (# typeconstr).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Given the highly formulaic nature of these cases, the editor has greatly abbreviated the individual entries both by omitting less significant information and by actuallyabbreviatingwords.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Jonson colloquialises periodic construction byabbreviatingit and placing the main clause/verb very early.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Furthermore,abbreviatingan equation s t = true in a goal as s t, we can treat s t as if it were an ordinary (non-strict) equation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I thought that afterwards, we might save time byabbreviatingit.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are nowabbreviatingthat period to three years, and therefore we are greatly assisting the executors of the wife's estate.
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I amabbreviatingthe procedure somewhat.
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I wasabbreviatingmy remarks.
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That is why we say that far from the debates so far being a reason forabbreviatingthe discussions, they are a reason for extending it.
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We areabbreviatingeverything now.
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There are otherabbreviatingdevices, including capitalisation, and the use of punctuation marks to denote combinations of sounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is of course difficulty inabbreviatinga presentation of work which covers more than 700 papers and 25 books.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With little room in the margins, instructors use more underlining, coding, andabbreviating.
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