abbreviate

Verbs

(v) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut,
(v) shorten
- Abbreviate "New York" and write "NY"

Synonyms

abridge foreshorten shorten contract reduce cut

Antonyms

elaborate expatiate expound lucubrate dilate exposit flesh out enlarge expand

Words of close approximity

abbreviated