- abbreviated, brief - (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"
Antonym: long (indirect, via short)
- abbreviated, shortened, truncated - cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
Antonym: long (indirect, via short)
- abbreviate - shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
--1 is one way to reduce
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun abbreviation1, noun abbreviator1
Somebody ----s something
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun abbreviator1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something