Abbreviated is an English word with synonyms like short or brief. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Abbreviated meaning
- Shortened; made briefer.
- Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
- Scanty, as in clothing.
Using Abbreviated
- The main meaning on this page is: Shortened; made briefer. | Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others. | Scanty, as in clothing.
- Useful related words include: short, brief, shortened, truncated.
- In the example corpus, abbreviated often appears in combinations such as: an abbreviated, abbreviated as, abbreviated to.
Context around Abbreviated
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abbreviated
- In this selection, "abbreviated" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, case, usually, sometimes, prosecutive, traversal and forms stand out and add context to how "abbreviated" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include altered and abbreviated format regarding and an abbreviated expletive aimed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abbreviated" sits close to words such as alterations, assortment and bushes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abbreviated
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even an abbreviated football season could cause schools to lose that much. (12 words)
An abbreviated expletive aimed the Russian leader is also in the bottom left corner of the stamps. (17 words)
As previously reported, the College Board has decided to allow students to take abbreviated “secure” online exams from home. (19 words)
As the legends became longer, words in the inscriptions were often abbreviated so that they could fit on the coin; identical legends have often been abbreviated in different ways depending upon the size and decoration of the coin. (38 words)
Sources told The Post that there is a good chance the same crew will return to the Rockies’ new broadcasting platform in 2024, albeit under an altered and abbreviated format regarding pregame and postgame shows. (35 words)
The ICC moved into this building in December 2015 The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) International Criminal Court is sometimes abbreviated as ICCt to distinguish it from several other organisations abbreviated as ICC. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
The prolative case ( abbreviated ), also called the vialis case ( abbreviated ), prosecutive case ( abbreviated ), traversal case, mediative case, or translative case, Haspelmath, Martin.
As the legends became longer, words in the inscriptions were often abbreviated so that they could fit on the coin; identical legends have often been abbreviated in different ways depending upon the size and decoration of the coin.
Some words usually abbreviated in other manuscripts (such as πατηρ and δαυειδ), are in this codex both written in full and abbreviated forms.
The ICC moved into this building in December 2015 The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) International Criminal Court is sometimes abbreviated as ICCt to distinguish it from several other organisations abbreviated as ICC.
After two more abbreviated songs — “Arcadia” and “A&W” — Del Rey played “Young and Beautiful,” her reflection on the future, which was one of the night’s highlights.
An abbreviated expletive aimed the Russian leader is also in the bottom left corner of the stamps.
I only got an abbreviated taste with my three-hour experience, but it was a time I’ll never forget.
It looks as if the Kyiv Independent is offline as I post this, so there's going to be an abbreviated news update today.
The two teams played out the brief time at four-on-four before Will connected on a one-time to give BC a 1-0 lead thanks to their abbreviated power play.
While it was initially named after themselves, it didn’t take long for them to become abbreviated as stock delivery notes and invoices with doing it to save time.
Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term used in English criminal law to describe the severest forms of battery.
Brennan Manning, in his book “The Importance of Being Foolish,” tells the story of the Medicine Man. Here is the abbreviated version.
First off, the unit of measure is not “0.7 mL/gallon” but milligram per liter, abbreviated mg/L, same as other minerals like calcium.
Sources told The Post that there is a good chance the same crew will return to the Rockies’ new broadcasting platform in 2024, albeit under an altered and abbreviated format regarding pregame and postgame shows.
The only season Jimenez survived unscathed was the abbreviated 2020 season, in which he played in 55 of 60 games and won an American League Silver Slugger Award.
When her freshman season finally started, an abbreviated six-week schedule in spring 2021, she played on the varsity but the conditions were less than ideal.
Almost all were made up later, in abbreviated doubleheaders with each game lasting seven innings instead of the usual nine.
As previously reported, the College Board has decided to allow students to take abbreviated “secure” online exams from home.
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie had stated the earliest an abbreviated season could begin was September but added a reduced campaign remained a possibility.
Even an abbreviated football season could cause schools to lose that much.
Common combinations with abbreviated
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an abbreviated 34×
- abbreviated as 29×
- abbreviated to 19×
- the abbreviated 18×
- often abbreviated 15×
- is abbreviated 10×
- sometimes abbreviated 8×
- commonly abbreviated 8×
- abbreviated form 8×
- usually abbreviated 7×