abbreviated

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UK/əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/US/əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/

adjective

Shortened; made briefer.

“The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.”

Similar
briefshortshortenedtruncated
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Meanings

adjectiveabbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative most abbreviated)

comparative more abbreviated · superlative most abbreviated

  1. Shortened; made briefer.

    The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

  2. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
  3. Scanty, as in clothing.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of abbreviate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of clothing) very short

Similar
briefshort

adjectivecut short in duration

Similar
shortenedtruncatedshort
Also see
apocopatebriefshorttruncated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مُخْتَصَر
  • مُخْتَصَر (muḵtaṣar)shortened
Bengali মুখতসর
  • মুখতসর (mukhtosor)shortened
Catalan abreviat
  • abreviatshortened
Chinese Mandarin 简略的
  • 简略的shortened
Dutch afgekort, ingekort
  • afgekortshortened
  • ingekortshortened
  • verkortshortened
Esperanto mallongiga
  • mallongigashortened
Finnish lyhennetty
  • lyhennettyshortened
French abrégé
  • abrégéshortened
German abgekürzt
  • abgekürztshortened
Greek συντετμημένος
  • συντετμημένος (syntetmiménos)shortened
Hungarian rövidített
  • rövidítettshortened
Italian abbreviato
  • abbreviatoshortened
Japanese 略した
  • 略した (ryaku shita)shortened
Korean 단축된
  • 단축된 (danchukdoen)shortened
Polish skrócony
  • skróconyshortened
Portuguese abreviado
  • abreviadoshortened
Romanian prescurtat, abreviat
  • prescurtatshortened
  • abreviatshortened
Russian сокращённый, укоро́ченный
  • сокращённый (sokraščónnyj)shortened
  • укоро́ченный (ukoróčennyj)shortened
Spanish abreviado
  • abreviadoshortened
Swedish förkortad
  • förkortadshortened
Turkish kısaltılmış, muhtasar
  • kısaltılmışshortened
  • muhtasarshortened
Welsh talfyredig
  • talfyredigshortened
Cite this entry
APA

abbreviated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abbreviated

MLA

“abbreviated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abbreviated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abbreviated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abbreviated.

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