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[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of abbreviare, from Latin brevis 'short']
to make a word or expression shorter by not including letters or using only the first letter of each word
-synonym shorten shorten be abbreviated to sth
::'Information technology' is usually abbreviated to 'IT'.