| abbreviate definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | shorten, abridge | 133 sets |
| 2 | shorten | 114 sets |
| 3 | to shorten | 55 sets |
| 4 | to shorten by leaving out certain parts | 38 sets |
| 5 | to shorten, abridge | 36 sets |
| 6 | to make shorter | 23 sets |
| 7 | (v.) - to shorten, reduce | 15 sets |
| 8 | v. shorten | 12 sets |
| 9 | to shorten by leaving out certain parts. | 8 sets |
| 10 | (v) to shorten, abridge | 8 sets |
| 11 | to shorten (v) | 7 sets |
| 12 | to shorten, reduce | 7 sets |
| 13 | to reduce ( anything) in nlength, duration, make briefer | 5 sets |
| 14 | v. ~ sth shorten (a word, phrase, etc), esp by omitting letters | 4 sets |
| 15 | to make briefer, to shorten | 4 sets |
| 16 | v. to make a word short | 3 sets |
| 17 | to shorten; to compress; to diminish | 3 sets |
| 18 | اختزل | 3 sets |
| 19 | v. to make shorter | 3 sets |
| 20 | shorten; abridge | 3 sets |
| 21 | v. to shorten by leaving out certain parts. | 3 sets |
| 22 | shorten by omitting letters | 2 sets |
| 23 | vt.缩短,缩写 | 2 sets |
| 24 | (1) kısaltmak, özetlemek (2) (matematikte) sadeleştirmek | 2 sets |
| 25 | v - to shorten (words)/ paraphrase | 2 sets |
| 26 | to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer | 2 sets |
| 27 | shorten,abridge | 2 sets |
| 28 | v. to shorten by leaving out certain parts | 2 sets |
| 29 | shorten, reduce in length, make brief | 2 sets |
| 30 | v. /减短,缩写/shorten. because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech. | 2 sets |
| 31 | to make briefer | 2 sets |
| 32 | to make briefer; especially :to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole | 2 sets |
| 33 | to shorten. | 2 sets |
| 34 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | 2 sets |
| 35 | lengthen | 2 sets |
| 36 | to shorten; to abridge | 2 sets |
| 37 | 縮寫 | 2 sets |
| 38 | to make a word or a piece of writing shorter | 1 set |
| 39 | synonym: shorten antonym: lengthen | 1 set |
| 40 | (v) shorten. ___________________________________________ sentence: because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech. | 1 set |