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Verb abbreviate has 2 senses
  1. abbreviate - shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
    --1 is one way to     reduce
    Derived forms: noun abbreviation1, noun abbreviator1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
    --2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
    Derived form: noun abbreviator1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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