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Webster 1913 Edition


Abbreviated

Ab-bre′vi-aˊted

(ăb-brē′vĭ-āˊtĕd)
,
Adj.
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abbreviated

ABBRE'VIATED

,
pp.
1.
Shortened; reduced in length; abridged.
2.
In botany an abbreviated perianth is shorter than the rube of the corol.

Definition 2024


abbreviated

abbreviated

English

Adjective

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.[1]

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Verb

abbreviated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate

References

  1. Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], ISBN 0-394-43600-8), page 1