- present participle of abbreviate.
abbreviating
Example Sentences
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If you want to seem sincere and receive more responses to your texts, spell out words instead of abbreviating them, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
From Science Daily β Nov. 14, 2024
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has been nicknamed Albo since he was a child in keeping with a time-honored Australian tradition of abbreviating names and often adding “o” at the end.
From Seattle Times β Apr. 9, 2022
And apologies were made, and understanding was reached, and they got back to abbreviating, and they said, “What’s next?”
From Slate β Oct. 12, 2019
DEFinitions: Report from Week 1238 In Week 1238 we continued three-letter abbreviating through the alphabet with some DEF, FED, EDF, etc., phrases.
From Washington Post β Aug. 24, 2017
Words are corrupted, not by lengthening, but by abbreviating them.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
