abbreviate

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The HN software will abbreviate the link text on it's own if it is too long.

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Quick take

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

Meaning at a glance

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verb

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

verb

shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abbreviate.

verb

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

See also: abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

verb

shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

Example sentences

The HN software will abbreviate the link text on it's own if it is too long.

But that's a mouthful to say, so people abbreviate it to "Wintel".

"I'm definitely never going to type out that entire word, so now do I abbreviate it to reST?

Do we abbreviate it?Second, PSD's that don't assume a responsive design.

Why do I always see people using lowercase "mm" to abbreviate million?

If you're dealing with a package centered around Foo, especially methods on same, it's customary to just abbreviate it to f. That clashes with a lot of people's instincts even though, once you get used to it, it works well.

Usually, engineers in the United States abbreviate "air conditioning" as "A/C," where the slash, used contrary to the usual usage of slashes, distinguishes one familiar abbreviation from another.

You could explicitly say, "the normal ToS controls in the case of a conflict between the ToS and an abbreviated version," but, if people, don't read the normal ToS because there is an abbreviated version, is it really conscionable to say that the normal ToS would control?