10 Letter Words for Abbreviate
abbreviate
8 Letter Words for Abbreviate
breviate, evibrate
7 Letter Words for Abbreviate
abbatie, arabite, barbate, barbita, baviere, bebrave, ebriate, evirate, trabeae, variate, verbate, vibrate, vrbaite
6 Letter Words for Abbreviate
abater, abbate, abbrev, aerate, arabit, artabe, averia, aviate, babier, baiter, barbet, barbie, barite, beatae, beater, beaver, bebait, bebite, berate, bervie, betear, betire, biverb, brevet, brevit, bribee, brieve, eartab, rabbet, rabbit, rebait, rebate, rebeat, rebite, ribbet, tabber, taiver, tarvia, terbia, trabea, vairee, verite
5 Letter Words for Abbreviate
abate, abave, abear, abret, aerie, aevia, aiver, arati, areae, arete, arite, atavi, atria, avera, avert, babai, babar, barat, barba, barbe, baret, baria, barie, barit, batea, bater, beare, beata, beati, bebar, bebat, beira, berat, beret, bever, biter, brava, brave, bravi, breba, breva, breve, brevi, bribe, brite, eater, eaver, ebbet, erbia, evert, evite, irate, rabat, rabbi, raita, reata, reate, reave, rebab, rebbe, rebit, reive, retia, retie, revet, revie, riata, ribat, rieve, rivet, taber, taira, tarea, tarie, tarve, taver, teave, terai, tiara, tiber, tirve, tiver, trave, tribe, vaire, varia, veter, vitae, vitra
4 Letter Words for Abbreviate
abba, abbe, abbr, abet, abib, abir, abit, abri, aire, airt, aivr, arab, arba, area, aret, aria, arte, atar, aver, avie, baar, baba, babe, bait, bara, barb, bare, bari, bart, bata, bate, bear, beat, beer, beet, bere, beta, bete, bier, birt, bite, brab, brae, brat, bree, brei, bret, brev, brie, brit, eave, eira, eire, erat, eria, erie, ever, evet, iaea, iare, iter, rabi, raia, rait, rata, rate, rave, reet, reit, rete, reve, ribe, rita, rite, riva, rive, taar, tabi, tara, tare, tari, tava, tave, tear, teer, tera, tiar, tier, tire, trav, tree, trib, trie, vair, vara, vare, vari, veer, vera, verb, veri, vert, veta, vibe, vier, vita, vite
3 Letter Words for Abbreviate
aba, abb, abr, abt, abv, aer, aia, air, ait, ara, arb, are, art, ate, ava, ave, baa, bab, bae, bai, bar, bat, bee, ber, bet, bib, bit, bra, bvt, ear, eat, ebb, eer, eir, era, ere, ert, eta, eve, iaa, iba, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, rab, rai, rat, rbi, rea, reb, ree, rei, rev, ria, rib, rie, rit, riv, rte, rti, taa, tab, tai, tar, tav, tea, tee, ter, tib, tie, tra, tri, vae, var, vat, vee, vei, ver, vet, via, vie
Definitions for Abbreviate
[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: to abbreviate a speech.
[3] to use abbreviations.
[4] to shorten (a word or phrase) by contraction or omission of some letters or words
[5] to shorten (a speech or piece of writing) by omitting sections, paraphrasing, etc
[6] to cut short
Words related to Abbreviate
abridge, compress, abort, truncate, trim, pare, cut, prune, clip, abstract, reduce, condense, contract, summarize, encapsulate, digest, restrict, curtail
Words nearby Abbreviate
abbott, abbott's method, abboud, abbr., abbrev., abbreviate, abbreviated, abbreviation, abbreviatory, abby, abbé
Origin of Abbreviate
1400–50; late Middle English abbreviaten < Late Latin abbreviātus shortened (past participle of abbreviāre ), equivalent to Latin ad- ad- + breviātus (brevi(s ) short + -ātus -ate1)
Other words from Abbreviate
ab·bre·vi·a·tor , noun
Word origin for Abbreviate
C15: from the past participle of Late Latin abbreviāre, from Latin brevis brief
Synonyms for Abbreviate
abridge, compress, abstract, clip, condense, contract, cut, digest, encapsulate, pare, prune, reduce, summarize, trim, boil down, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, get to the meat, put in a nutshell, take out
