abbreviate
verb
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Abbreviate and abridge both mean "to make shorter," so it probably will come as no surprise that both derive from Latin brevis, meaning "short." Abbreviate first appeared in print in English in the 15th century and derives from abbreviātus, the past participle of Late Latin abbreviāre, which in turn can be traced back to brevis. Abridge, which appeared a century earlier, also comes from abbreviāre but took a side trip through the Anglo-French abreger before arriving in Middle English as abreggen. Brevis is also the ancestor of English brief itself, as well as brevity and breviary ("a prayer book" or "a brief summary"), among other words.
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
In 2024, analysts project a roughly $700 million impact to earnings before interest and taxes, a measure of operating income commonly abbreviated as EBIT.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
Though, as with numerous competitors’ apps, many of the data pages are abbreviated.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Below, our Istanbul Airport food guide for the best places to eat at the new $12 billion hub (opened in 2018, it's often abbreviated as IST or IGA).
—Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Abbreviate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbreviate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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