verb
- Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
- usage: "The manuscript must be shortened"
- synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
- Shorten.
- usage: "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
- synonyms: abbreviate
adjective
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