Meaning ofabbreviatein English

Verb

1. to shorten in time or length; end sooner
   The company will abbreviate the meeting to discuss only the most important topics.
2. to reduce words or phrases to shorter forms
   The editor will abbreviate the title to fit the headline space.
3. to simplify fractions to lower terms
   To simplify the calculation, we need to abbreviate the fraction to its lowest terms.