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abbreviated

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/
  • General-American: /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 B R IY1 V IY0 EY2 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Shortened; made briefer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Scanty, as in clothing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of abbreviate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

(of clothing) very short

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an abbreviated swimsuit
  • a brief bikini

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brief

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

cut short in duration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the abbreviated speech
  • her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
  • an unsatisfactory truncated conversation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shortened, truncated

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُخْتَصَر (muḵtaṣar) — shortened
  • Bengali: মুখতসর (mukhtosor) — shortened
  • Catalan: abreviat — shortened
  • Chinese Mandarin: 简略的 — shortened
  • Dutch: afgekort — shortened
  • Dutch: ingekort — shortened
  • Dutch: verkort — shortened
  • Esperanto: mallongiga — shortened
  • Finnish: lyhennetty — shortened
  • French: abrégé — shortened
  • German: abgekürzt — shortened
  • Greek: συντετμημένος (syntetmiménos) — shortened
  • Hungarian: rövidített — shortened
  • Interlingua: abbreviate — shortened
  • Italian: abbreviato — shortened
  • Japanese: 略した (ryaku shita) — shortened
  • Korean: 단축된 (danchukdoen) — shortened
  • Manx: girrit — shortened
  • Manx: giare — shortened
  • Manx: aagherrit — shortened
  • Manx: jeant ny s'girrey — shortened
  • Plautdietsch: kortjefot — shortened
  • Polish: skrócony — shortened
  • Portuguese: abreviado — shortened
  • Romanian: prescurtat — shortened
  • Romanian: abreviat — shortened
  • Russian: сокращённый (sokraščónnyj) — shortened
  • Russian: укоро́ченный (ukoróčennyj) — shortened
  • Spanish: abreviado — shortened
  • Swedish: förkortad — shortened
  • Turkish: kısaltılmış — shortened
  • Turkish: muhtasar — shortened
  • Uzbek: muxtasar — shortened
  • Volapük: pebrefüköl — shortened
  • Welsh: talfyredig — shortened
Real reading context

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