abbreviated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abbreviated	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abbreviated adj (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini" Synonym(s): abbreviated, brief cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" Synonym(s): abbreviated, shortened, truncated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See {Abridge}.] 1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviated \Abbre"via`ted\, a. Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.