abbreviating
Meaning of abbreviating
- To shorten by omitting parts or details.
- To speak or write in a brief manner.
- To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
- To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
- To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Information about abbreviating
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of abbreviating
ab-bre-vi-at-ing
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- abbreviating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
abbreviating synonyms
Meaning :
abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, epitomize, reduce, shorten
abbreviating antonyms
Meaning :
amplify, dilate, elongate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, lengthen, produce, prolong, stretch
Words that rhyme with abbreviating
Ting, ting, Hooperating, Italianating, Keating, Kweihwating, Photostating, abalienating, abating, abdicating, aberrating, abirritating, abjudicating, ablactating, ablating, abnegating, abominating, abrogating, absinthiating, absquatulating, accelerating, accentuating, acceptilating, acclimating, accommodating, acculturating, accumulating, acerbating, acetylating, acidulating, acierating, activating, actuating, acuating, acuminating, acylating, adiating, adjudicating, adminiculating, administrating, adstipulating, adulating, adulterating, adumbrating, advocating, aerating, aerobating, affiliating, agglomerating, agglutinating