Abbreviation synonyms
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The definition of an outline is the drawn edge of a shape or image.
cutting-down
The act of abbreviating
acronym
A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.
initialism
An acronym or abbreviation formed from initial letters, specif., one pronounced using the letters' names rather than phonetically (Ex.: CD, DNA, FBI)
The definition of contraction is the lengthening or shortening of a muscle fiber or a word formed by combining the sounds of two longer words.
An abridged written text.
A brief general account or presentation; an outline.
précis
An abbreviated form
The definition of an abstract is a summary of a written work.
The act of curtailing
The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed
elision
Any act or instance of leaving out or omitting a part or parts
short-form
A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
clipped form
A shortened form of a word, as pike (for turnpike) or fan (for fanatic)
A news story or other item clipped from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
abbreviated version
An abbreviated form
The act of abbreviating
A fat, such as butter or lard, used to make cake or pastry light or flaky.
truncating
The act of abbreviating
(Brit.) A passage for trains, cars, etc. cut through a hill or high ground; cut
The act of abbreviating
The definition of a restriction is a limitation.
removing
taking-out
The act of abbreviating
truncation
The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
editing
An act or instance of something being edited
An act of censorship.
reshaping
The process by which something is reshaped.
pruning
(Countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
lopping off
The act of abbreviating
paring down
The act of abbreviating
The act of one that trims.
(Military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible (by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work).
The degree to which a substance has decreased in size (in volume, length, or some other dimension) after being or while being subject to stress.
telescoping
The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
apocope
The cutting off or dropping of the last sound or sounds of a word (Ex.: mos' for most)
expansion (antonym)
A product of expanding:
enlargement (antonym)
An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
full-form (antonym)
An abbreviated form
addition (antonym)
Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
augmenting (antonym)
The act of abbreviating
expanding (antonym)
The act of abbreviating
long-form (antonym)
abridgement
increase (antonym)
An increasing or becoming increased
augmentation (antonym)
(Music) a compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by multiplying the length of each note by the same number
abrege
aposiopesis
A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
compactedness
The state or quality of being compacted.
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
compressure
(Archaic) compression
constringency
contracture
(Medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused
striction
The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
syneresis
Alternative spelling of synaeresis.
(Prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
condensing
The act of abbreviating
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