abbreviate
verb
[ əˈbriːvɪeɪt ]
• shorten (a word, phrase, or text).
• "‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’"
Similar:
shorten,
reduce,
cut,
cut short/down,
contract,
condense,
compress,
abridge,
truncate,
clip,
crop,
pare down,
prune,
shrink,
constrict,
telescope,
curtail,
summarize,
abstract,
precis,
synopsize,
digest,
edit,
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin abbreviat- ‘shortened’, from the verb abbreviare, from Latin brevis ‘short’.
