Definitions for abbreviated

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abbreviated ab·bre·vi·at·ed

Spelling: [uh-bree-vee-ey-tid]

IPA: /əˈbri viˌeɪ tɪd/

Abbreviated is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 540 anagrams from letters in abbreviated (aabbdeeirtv).

Definitions for abbreviated

adjective

1. shortened; made briefer:
2. (of clothing) scanty; barely covering the body:
3. constituting a shorter or smaller version of:

verb (used with object)

1. to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian.
2. to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer:

verb (used without object)

1. to use abbreviations.

Origin of abbreviated

First recorded in 1545-55; abbreviate + -ed²

Examples for abbreviated

The ulterior facts are as follows, abbreviated to the utmost.

Many of the words were abbreviated, and there were some arbitrary signs.

Names of states should never be abbreviated on the envelope.

The canopy over the throne was called the cloth of estate, often abbreviated into the estate.

If the bill had been in his possession, he should have been able to copy the abbreviated message.

Pallone found this unconscionable, particularly in an abbreviated two-month campaign.

The common letters are used, and not any abbreviated language.

Not that the government was admitting any of this during its abbreviated and often delayed press briefings.

His diary was within reach, and he thought over his abbreviated week-end.

For there was still the paper on which he had copied the abbreviated directions.