abbreviated

ab·bre·vi·ate  (-brv-t)

tr.v. ab·bre·vi·at·ed, ab·bre·vi·at·ing, ab·bre·vi·ates

1. To make shorter. See Synonyms at shorten.

2. To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.

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[Middle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbrevire, abbrevit- : ad-, ad- + brevire, to shorten (from brevis, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots).]

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ab·brevi·ator n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	abbreviated - (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini" brief short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
	2.	abbreviated - cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" truncated, shortened short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

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abbreviated

adjective shortened, shorter, reduced, brief, potted, trimmed, pruned, cut, summarized, compressed, concise, condensed, abridged << OPPOSITE expanded