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abbreviatesverbpresent tense third-person singular of abbreviate to make less in extent or durationhad to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize abridges, curtails, cuts back, docks, elides, shortens, syncopates, truncates abstracts, digests, encapsulates, epitomizes, recapitulates, summarizes, sums upabates, compresses, constricts, contracts, cuts, cuts down, pares, prunes, trimsdecreases, de-escalates, deflates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, moderates, modifies, reduces, retrenches, shrinks, slashes, subtracts (from), tapers elongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protracts enlarges, expands, supplementsadds, aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, balloons, boosts, dilates, escalates, heightens, increases, maximizes, pumps up, raisesblows up, distends, inflates, swells |