abbreviated

CEFRC1

/əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/

adjective · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Made shorter by leaving out some parts.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.

Examples

  • In English, "ultraviolet" is often abbreviated as "UV".

  • Put the words in parentheses into abbreviated form.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2

Also pronounced

  • /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Scanty, as in clothing.

  2. Shortened; made briefer.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of abbreviate

More examples

In context

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

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The professor provided an blank version of the lecture notes for review.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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