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To shorten by omitting parts or details.

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To speak or write in a brief manner.

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To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.

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To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

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To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

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Shortened; made briefer.

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

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

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Scanty, as in clothing.

It has been often reprinted, especially in an abbreviated form.

While his edition was passing through the press, it was observed by the present writer that all the while the work had been in our hands in Greek, though in a slightly abbreviated form, as it had been imbedded as a speech in a religious novel written about the 6th century, and entitled "The Life of Barlaam and Josaphat."

He gave an abbreviated wave.

It is distinguished by a simple yet thoroughly philosophical treatment of the ideas of number and magnitude, as well as by the introduction of new abbreviated processes of computation, to which De Morgan always attributed much practical importance.

After abbreviated greetings, I told them what I'd discovered.

It is abbreviated Mgr.

It owes its name either to its early paper and grist mills (Milton being abbreviated from Milltown) or to Milton Abbey, Dorset, whence members of the Tucker family came, it is supposed, to Milton about 1662.

The Slavonic is only of secondary value, as it is merely an abbreviated form of the Greek.

Not the abbreviated version contrived for a witless or hysterical wife, but the whole thing – including any designs Lori has on you... or you have for her.

Htk., as it is usually abbreviated, has further subdivision, and is intended to correspond to the same value of land throughout the country.

The Philosophie appeared in an abbreviated form as Grundriss d.

Peter Morvyn in 1558 translated an abbreviated version into English, and edition after edition was called for.

Barclay (also a selection of 18; London, 1878), and the (abbreviated) edition of the Bab.

That's um, the abbreviated version.

Instead of these are cats with more or less abbreviated tails, showing in greater or less degree a decided kink or bend near the tip. In other cases the tail is of the short curling type of that of a bulldog; sometimes it starts quite straight, but divides in a fork-like manner near the tip; and in yet other instances it is altogether wanting, as in the typical Manx cats.

None of them were written except through the use of ideographs, in the making of which the Aztecs used colours with much skill, while the Mayas used an abbreviated form, or symbols.

The alternative title of Dublin University or Trinity College, Dublin (commonly abbreviated T.C.D.), is explained by the fact that the university consists of only one college, that of "the Holy and Undivided Trinity."

I) or abbreviated (2 Kings xxiii.

A criterion is thus given us for the reconstruction of the Apology, where the Greek which we have has been abbreviated, and we are enabled to claim with certainty some passages of the Syriac which might otherwise be suspected as interpolations.

The name is preserved in the abbreviated form Ebor in the official name of the archbishop of York, but the philological connexion between Eboracum and the modern name York is doubtful and has probably been complicated by Danish influence.

His largest work is called Shelah (abbreviated from the initials of the full title Shene luhoth ha-berit, " Two Tables of the Covenant").

There is no a priori reason why other legal enactments should not have been current when the compilation was first made; the Pentateuchal legislation is incomplete, and covers only a small part of the affairs of life in which legal decisions 1 For the sake of convenience Ben (" son ") and Rabbi are, as usual, abbreviated to b.

In 1672 Southwold Bay, usually abbreviated as Solebay, was the scene of a battle between the English fleet under the duke of York and the Dutch under Ruyter, the French fleet holding aloof.

In the other Malacostraca the heart is generally abbreviated, and even where, as in the Amphipoda, it is elongated and tubular, the ostia are restricted in number, three pairs only being usually present.

The work ascribed to Eldad is in Hebrew, divided into six chapters, probably abbreviated from the original text.

Langley, A Treatise on Computation (1895), has notes on approximate and abbreviated calculation.

He called it the Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce, which soon became abbreviated to Mar Dulce, and for some years, after 1502, it was known as the Rio Grande.

She offered an abbreviated version of Martha's eminent departure.

The Nintendo DS, commonly abbreviated as NDS or simply DS, is a handheld gaming device created and released by Nintendo in late 2004.

The collection is augmented by a line of lingerie, and an abbreviated line of girl's swimwear.

One thing to keep in mind, though, is that some people really hate the abbreviated words that sometimes get used in text messaging, and some don't mind it at all.

As well as being known as a global positioning system, it can also be known as satellite navigational system and is sometimes abbreviated to SatNav.

The sign x was kept in the western group for the guttural spirant in E, which was written X*; but, as this spirant occurred nowhere else, the combination was often abbreviated, and X was used for X precisely as in the Italic alphabets we shall find that F =f develops out of a combination FH.

Anglicized in spelling and even to some extent changed in sound are Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin); Pembroke (Penfro); Kidwelly (Cydweli); Cardif f (Caerdydd); Llandovery (Llanymddyfri); while Lampeter, in Welsh Llanbedrpont-Stephan, affords an example of a Celtic place-name both Anglicized and abbreviated.

Brief reference may also be made to the morphological importance of extraordinary length or shortness in the skulls of mammals - dolichocephalism and brachycephalism; both these features being apparently characteristic of specialized types, the former condition being (as in the horse) often, although not invariably, connected with length of limb and neck, and adaptation to speed, while brachycephalism may be correlated with short limbs and an abbreviated neck.

The resolution of that sticky problem produced a solid, albeit abbreviated, night's sleep, surprisingly unfettered by dreams starring such names as Fitzgerald, Larkin, and Dawkins in imagined roles and sinister locations.

Not the abbreviated version contrived for a witless or hysterical wife, but the whole thing – including any designs Lori has on you... or you have for her.

Given the computer industry predilection for three-letter acronyms, it was perhaps inevitable that computer-based training would soon be abbreviated to become CBT.

The number of letters that a child can hold in memory is called their Visual Attention Span level (hereafter abbreviated to VAS ).

Devonshire House, commonly abbreviated to DH, is a large building used predominantly by the Guild.

See leaflet for students produced by QAA So progress files contain both personal and academic records, sometimes abbreviated as PARs.

The name of a private company must end with the word " Limited " usually abbreviated to " Ltd " .

The half-day sessions cover most of this material, in somewhat abbreviated form.

The World Wide Web is often abbreviated to the Web or WWW.

The process, positive vorticity advection, is usually abbreviated to PVA.

When written down, carat is often abbreviated as ct, and point as pt.

If you use cryptic, abbreviated names then you will receive cryptic email messages and your users will see cryptic, abbreviated error messages.

The abbreviated forename as in the official lists is shown.

An alias, often abbreviated to ' als ' in the registers did not always denote illegitimacy, however.

The bodywork was abbreviated, the engine was visible, the seat was horrible perhaps Willie G found a kindred spirit.