Thesaurus entry: abbreviate

Thesaurus entry: abbreviate
The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;      227 words ...abbreviate • verb  please abbreviate your essays to a length of no more than two pages synonyms : shorten, reduce, cut, contract, condense, compress, abridge, truncate, pare ...

Article: AMC Entertainment Inc. to Abbreviate Annual Meeting of ...
Business Wire;  September 12, 2001 ;     568 words ... ... BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2001 AMC Entertainment announced today that, in light of the national tragedy, it will abbreviate its annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Thursday, Sept. 13. The meeting will be confined to core agenda items ...

Transcript: Commentary: Tendency to abbreviate everyday terms and ...
NPR Morning Edition;  March 13, 2002 ;     674 words ...00-00-0000 Commentary: Tendency to abbreviate everyday terms and phrases has not pervaded sports language Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon BOB EDWARDS, host ...

Article: Abbreviate into intensity
The Spectator;  September 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Francic Bacom Tate Britain (sponsored by Bank of America), until 4 January 2009 At Tate Britain is a glorious centenary show of paintings by one of our greatest modern painters, Francis Bacon. It's more than 20 years since the last Bacon retrospective at the Tate, but the Bacon industry has been

Article: ABBREVIATE IT.(Brief Article)
WWD;  January 4, 2001 ;     266 words ...Short and sweet. That's the thought behind this season's sexiest cutoffs, culottes and HotPants.

Article: Abbreviate this.(tests)(Brief article)
Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin);  May 1, 2009 ;     485 words ...An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase. Write the abbreviation for each word below. We've done the first one for you. May 2009 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TRY THIS! Which two words above have the same abbreviation? ANSWER KEY 1. Mon., 2. ft., 3. St., 4. Tues., 5. mi., 6. U.S., 7. Aug., 8.

Article: Ashcroft Would Abbreviate Gun Buyer Record-Keeping; Plan ...
The Washington Post;  June 29, 2001 ;     593 words ...Attorney General John D. Ashcroft announced plans yesterday to slash the length of time that the government can keep records on instant background checks for gun buyers. The proposal, which infuriated gun control advocates, calls for such records to be held for only one business day after a sale.