abbreviate
/əˈbriːvɪeɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/əˈbriːvɪeɪt/
əˈbriːvɪeɪt
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ə - ˈbriːvɪeɪt -> abbreviate
Myanmar meaning
(n) (ပုဒ်၊ ပုဒ်စုကို) အတိုချုံးသည်။ အကျဉ်းချုံးသည်။ (v) အကျဉ်းချုံး
Full entry
abbreviate /ǝ'bri:vieÇt / v
၁။ ~ sth (to sth) (ပုဒ်၊ ပုဒ်စုကို) အတိုချုံးသည်။ The title 'Doctor' is abbreviated to 'Dr'.
၂။ အကျဉ်းချုံးသည်။ I gave him an abbreviated account, as there wasn't time to tell him everything.
❏ abbreviation / ǝbri:vi'eÇʃn / n
၁။ [C] (ဤအဘိဓာန်၌ abbr ဟု အတိုကောက်သုံးသည်။ ) 'GB' is the abbreviation of /for 'Great Britain'.
၂။ [U] ချုံ့ခြင်း။ Some abbreviation may be necessary to save space.
Synonyms
shorten, reduce, cut, cut short, condense, abridge, truncate, curtail, abort, abstract, boil down, boiled down, breviloquent, clip, compendiary, compress, contract, curtate, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, cut to bone, cut to the bone, decurtate, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, in a nutshell, not protracted, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, restrict, short, stop short, summarize, take out, trim, unprolonged, unsustained
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