Abbreviate
Abbreviate verb - To make less in extent or duration.
Usage example: had to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trim and abbreviate
- trim and summarize
- compress and abbreviate
- compress and summarize
- contract and abbreviate
- contract and summarize
- cut and abbreviate
- cut and summarize
- abstract and abbreviate
- abstract and summarize
- outline and abbreviate
- outline and summarize
- digest and abbreviate
- digest and summarize
Common collocations
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Summarize and Abbreviate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abbreviate/summarize
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Summarize or Abbreviate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abbreviate/summarize.
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