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Definitions: Abbreviated |
AbbreviatedAdjective1. (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini". 2. Cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abbreviated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: AbbreviatedSynonyms: brief (adj), shortened (adj), truncated (adj). (additional references) |
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Health | The dose of irradiation is usually measured in a unit called the Gray, abbreviated Gy.. This is a measure of the amount of energy transferred to food, microbe or other substance being irradiated. (references) | |
A. Below is a summary table of abbreviated recommendations for use of recombinant outer-surface protein A vaccine (LYMErix) for the prevention of Lyme disease from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. (references) | ||
Scientists can now identify and study the changes that occur during the processing of pain. For example, using a technique called polymerase chain reaction, abbreviated PCR, scientists can study the genes that are induced by injury and persistent pain. There is evidence that the proteins that are ultimately synthesized by these genes may be targets for new therapies. (references) | ||
Business | This allows the TGA to determine the GMP status of manufacturers inspected by the FDA. Foreign manufacturers should note that the FDA conducts different types of inspections - for example, "full" inspections for a particular manufacturing process or product type (profile class), pre-market approval inspections (which will only cover a specific product), or abbreviated inspections. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Republic | Following a compromise calling for constitutional and electoral reform, President Balaguer assumed office for an abbreviated term. (references) |
Italy | Railroad--The railroad system is operated by the Italian State Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato, abbreviated FS), a government agency. (references) | |
New Zealand | All companies listed on the Stock Exchange must comply with the SSAP and issue annual reports and abbreviated half-yearly reports to shareholders. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | Human rights NGO's and the Human Rights Ombudsman noted that this addresses the concerns of those who considered themselves innocent, but who feared coming forward for an abbreviated and unfair trial. (references) |
Political Economy | Italy | Partly as a result of his urging, the GOI unilaterally banned the import of the four main biotech corn varieties (even though they had been approved for use within the EU for several years) based on arguments that the products should have had a full EU review instead of an abbreviated review based on substantial equivalence. (references) |
Trade | Australia | The Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA - usually abbreviated as CER) came into effect in January 1983 and is the main instrument governing economic relations between the two countries. (references) |
Travel | Morocco | Currency: The Moroccan currency unit is the Dirham, abbreviated as DH. There are 100 centimes to each dirham. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Abbreviated" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 76.69% of the time. "Abbreviated" is used about 133 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 76.69% | 102 | 32,309 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 15.79% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 6.77% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.75% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 133 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abbreviated": abbreviated edition ♦ abbreviated injury scale ♦ abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems ♦ abbreviated visual approach slope indicator system. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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abbreviated words | 7 |
abbreviated intelligence scale wechsler | 6 |
abbreviated | 5 |
abbreviated injury scale | 5 |
abbreviated state | 5 |
abbreviated application drug new | 2 |
abbreviated acquisition program | 2 |
abbreviated psalm | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abbreviated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i shkurtuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | مختصر (abridged, brief, compendious, concise, outline, precis, shortened, summarized, summary). (various references) | |
Chinese | 省略 (Abbreviate, Abbreviating, Elliptical). (various references) | |
Danish | forkortes,hvis dette er sædvanligt (abbreviated in a customary manner). (various references) | |
Dutch | gebruikelijke verkorting (abbreviated in a customary manner). (various references) | |
French | abrégé (abbr., abridged document, abridgement, abridgment, abstract), abr. (abbr., abbrev., abbreviation). (various references) | |
German | abgekuerzt (abbr.), abgeku.rzt, abg.,abgek.,abgk. (abbr.), verku.rzt. (various references) | |
Greek | συντομευμένος. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקוצר (abridged, condensed, shortened), מ וטרק (abridged, curtailed). (various references) | |
Hungarian | optikai siklópálya-jelzõ rendszer rövidítése (abbreviated visual approach slope indicator system, avasis), egyszerûsített optikai siklópálya-jelzõ rendszer (abbreviated visual approach slope indicator system, avasis). (various references) | |
Italian | abbreviato m. abbreviata f., abbreviato (abbr., abridged, curtate, potted), abbr. (abbr., abbrev., abbreviation). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 短縮形 (abbreviated form, abbreviation, shortened form), 略譜 (abbreviated musical notation, brief genealogy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | た"しゅくけい (abbreviated form, abbreviation, shortened form), りゃくふ (abbreviated musical notation, brief genealogy). (various references) | |
Korean | 약칭하". (various references) | |
Manx | girrit (abridged, shortened), giare (abridged, abrupt, brief, brusque, compact, concise, curt, laconic, short, summary, undersized, undersized of persons, undersized of things), aagherrit. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abbreviateday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abreviado (curtate, for short). (various references) | |
Romanian | abreviat (abridged, contracted). (various references) | |
Russian | сокращенный (concise, reductive). (various references) | |
Spanish | abreviado (abridged, shortened). (various references) | |
Swedish | förkortad (potted). (various references) | |
Ukranian | скорочений (abridged, clipped, reduced, telegraphic, truncated). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adbreviata, adbreviatus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "abbreviated": unabbreviated. (additional references) | |
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"Abbreviated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abberviated, abbrediate, abbrediated, abbreiate, abbreiviated, abbrevate, abbreviata, abbreviatedly, Abbreviatum, abbriviate, abbriviated, abreviate, abreviated, abriviate, abriviated, breviate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abbreviated" (pronounced ubrē"vēā'tud) |
| 7 | -ē" v ē ā' t u d | alleviated, deviated. |
| 5 | -ē ā' t u d | affiliated, appreciated, appropriated, associated, delineated, depreciated, differentiated, emaciated, enunciated, excoriated, expropriated, glaciated, humiliated, infuriated, initiated, irradiated, mediated, misappropriated, nauseated, negotiated, officiated, permeated, radiated, recreated, renegotiated, repatriated, repudiated, retaliated, substantiated, unaffiliated, unappreciated, undifferentiated, uninitiated, unsubstantiated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abdicated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, dictated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, exhilarated, exonerated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, navigated, necessitated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renominated, renovated, replicated, resonated, resuscitated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unallocated, unanticipated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, uneducated, unincorporated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, 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Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-d-e-e-i-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: abbreviate. | |
-3 letters: derivate, eradiate, rabbeted, rabbited, rebaited, variated, vibrated. | |
-4 letters: aerated, airdate, averted, aviated, barbate, beadier, berated, debater, deviate, drabbet, radiate, rebated, redbait, riveted, tabbied, tabered, tiaraed, tribade, variate, vibrate. | |
-5 letters: abated, abater, abider, abrade, adverb, advert, aerate, aeried, airted, aviate, babied, baited, baiter, barbed, barbet, barite, beater, beaver, berate, betide, braved, brevet, bribed, bribee, dabber, dative, dearie, debate, derate, derive, dibber, dieter, divert, evader, evited, ideate, rabbet, rabbit, reaved, rebait, rebate, redate, rediae, reedit, reived, retied, ribbed, tabard, tabbed, teared, terbia, tiered, tirade, varied, verbid, verite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-d-e-e-i-r-t-v" | |
+2 letters: unabbreviated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 62 72 65 76 69 61 74 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... -... .-. . ...- .. .- - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01100010 01110010 01100101 01110110 01101001 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b b r e v i a t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0062 0072 0065 0076 0069 0061 0074 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3568688471887567867170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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