abbreviate
/əˈbriːviˌeɪt/
verb
- To shorten a word, phrase, or text by omitting letters or using a shorter form.
- You can abbreviate 'Doctor' to 'Dr.' when writing an address.
- In text messages, people often abbreviate 'laughing out loud' as 'lol'.
- The teacher asked us not to abbreviate words in our essays.
- To make something shorter in duration or extent.
- Due to time constraints, the speaker had to abbreviate her presentation.
- The rain forced us to abbreviate our picnic to just an hour.
- They decided to abbreviate the meeting so everyone could catch their flights.