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US
/əˈbɹiviˌeɪtɪd/
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[ UK /ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /ɐbɹˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of clothing) very short
a brief bikini
an abbreviated swimsuit -
cut short in duration
the abbreviated speech
her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
How To Use abbreviated In A Sentence
- ABC art scree audiotypist adenosine ABBREVIATIONS (4) bioelectrogenesis 3',5'-monophosphate ADP cryochemistry Age of BAL Aquarius EEC cytoecology air battery IDDD dehydrotestosterone Aquarian ACRONYM Age KWOC geoprobe arcjet UNABBREVIATED heliborne, are-jet engine SHORTENINGS (6) adj. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
- `The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive
- Nowadays, the standard unit of frequency is known as the hertz, abbreviated Hz. Thus, 1 Hz.¼ 1 cps, 10 Hz.¼ Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- With its wedgy profile, trapezoidal front grille and abbreviated rear end, it clearly speaks the corporation's latest design language. Times, Sunday Times
- It is called human chorionic gonadotrophin, usually abbreviated HCG. The Human Brain
- The print revolution undoubtedly had an important impact on folk culture, through, for example, the mass printing of chapbooks, ballads, almanacs, and cheap abbreviated novels, not to mention religious literature.
- Both Isaac and Jacob are abbreviated theophorous names.
- They use contrastive typefaces for distinct purposes, such as bold-face type for headwords, roman for definitions, italics for abbreviated codes and specimen words and phrases, and small capitals for cross-references.
- As I understand it, the unabbreviated procedure takes about twenty-six weeks. Sagittarius Whorl
- Behind the pilot sits a standard astromech droid, plugged into an abbreviated, ventrally-fed socket which requires the droid to compress slightly in order to fit within the vessel's curves. Naboo N-1 Starfighter | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models
