"abbreviate" meaning in English

See abbreviate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈbɹi.vi.ət/ [General-American], /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/ [General-American], /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/ [US], /əˈbriviet/ [Scotland] Forms: more abbreviate [comparative], most abbreviate [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“abbreviate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|abbreviātus}} Late Latin abbreviātus Head templates: {{en-adj}} abbreviate (comparative more abbreviate, superlative most abbreviate)
  1. (obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. Tags: obsolete Translations (abbreviated, abridged): lyhennetty (Finnish), abreviado (Portuguese), encurtado (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abbreviate-en-adj-UVHbjMnT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 8 19 9 9 18 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 6 19 6 7 16 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 6 20 6 7 16 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 6 20 6 7 16 9 19 Disambiguation of 'abbreviated, abridged': 96 4
  2. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: having one part relatively shorter): lyhentynyt (Finnish), tương đối ngắn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-abbreviate-en-adj-WmgxetuD Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: having one part relatively shorter': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /əˈbɹi.vi.ət/ [General-American], /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/ [General-American], /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/ [US], /əˈbriviet/ [Scotland] Forms: abbreviates [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“abbreviate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|abbreviātus}} Late Latin abbreviātus Head templates: {{en-noun}} abbreviate (plural abbreviates)
  1. (obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment. Tags: Scotland, obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /əˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-abbreviate.ogg Forms: abbreviates [present, singular, third-person], abbreviating [participle, present], abbreviated [participle, past], abbreviated [past]
Etymology: From Middle English abbreviaten, from Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“to shorten”), formed from ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). Alternatively, a back-formation from abbreviation. Doublet of abridge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abbreviaten}} Middle English abbreviaten, {{der|en|la|abbreviātus}} Latin abbreviātus, {{back-form|en|abbreviation|nocap=1}} back-formation from abbreviation, {{doublet|en|abridge}} Doublet of abridge Head templates: {{en-verb}} abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviates, present participle abbreviating, simple past and past participle abbreviated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
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  3. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. Tags: transitive Translations (to make shorter): shkurtoj (Albanian), إِخْتَصَرَ (ʔiḵtaṣara) (Arabic), կրճատել (krčatel) (Armenian), հապավել (hapavel) (Armenian), скарача́ць (skaračácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), скараці́ць (skaracícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) (Bulgarian), скъсявам (skǎsjavam) (Bulgarian), abreujar (Catalan), abreviar (Catalan), 缩写 (suōxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 缩略 (suōlüè) (Chinese Mandarin), berrhe (Cornish), zkracovat [imperfective] (Czech), zkrátit [perfective] (Czech), forkorte (Danish), afkorten (Dutch), verkorten (Dutch), inkorten (Dutch), mallongigi (Esperanto), lühendama (Estonian), lyhentää (Finnish), abréger (French), kürzen (German), abkürzen (German), συντομεύω (syntomévo) (Greek), लघु करना (laghu karnā) (Hindi), skammstafa (Icelandic), stytta (Icelandic), abreviar (Ido), mempersingkat (Indonesian), menyingkatkan (Indonesian), memendekkan (Indonesian), abbreviar (Interlingua), giorraigh (Irish), abbreviare (Italian), 縮める (chidimeru) (Japanese), 略す (ryakusu) (Japanese), 短縮する (tanshuku suru) (Japanese), 省略する (shōryaku suru) (Japanese), 略称する (ryakushō suru) (Japanese), 생략(省略)하다 (saengnyakhada) (Korean), 약(略)하다 (yakhada) (Korean), 약생(略省)하다) (yaksaenghada) (Korean), 단축(短縮)하다 (danchukhada) (Korean), abbreviō (Latin), скратува (skratuva) (Macedonian), girree (Manx), aagherr (Manx), giar (Manx), jean ny s'girrey (Manx), whakapoto (Maori), rap'tichi (Norman), abbreviere (Norwegian Bokmål), forkorte (Norwegian Bokmål), مختصر کردن (Persian), skracać [imperfective] (Polish), skrócić [perfective] (Polish), abreviar (Portuguese), encurtar (Portuguese), scurta (Romanian), abrevia (Romanian), сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сократи́ть (sokratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), giorraich (Scottish Gaelic), abreviar (Spanish), förkorta (Swedish), அடக்கு (aṭakku) (Tamil), kısaltmak (Turkish), ihtisar etmek (Turkish), скоро́чувати (skoróčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скороти́ти (skorotýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), brefükön (Volapük), byrhau (Welsh), cwtogi (Welsh), talfyrru (Welsh)
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  4. (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form. Tags: transitive
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  5. (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: simplify Translations (to reduce to lower terms): съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) (Bulgarian), versimpelen (Dutch), kürzen (German), संक्षिप्तकरना (saṅkṣiptakarnā) (Hindi), accorciare (Italian), abreviar (Portuguese), simplifica (Romanian), simplificar (Spanish), förkorta (Swedish), సంక్షేపించు (saṅkṣēpiñcu) (Telugu), ước lược (Vietnamese), rút gọn (Vietnamese)
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18 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 11 11 29 16 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 10 12 29 17 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 11 11 30 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 12 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 11 28 16 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 11 28 16 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 11 28 16 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 10 12 29 17 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 26 18 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 11 30 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 12 27 16 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 10 12 29 17 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 15 27 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 6 20 6 7 16 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 11 28 16 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 12 28 17 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 10 12 29 17 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 11 11 27 17 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 11 28 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 6 20 6 7 16 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 11 11 27 16 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 12 13 26 16 33 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to reduce to lower terms': 4 2 7 26 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, epitomize, reduce, shorten Derived forms: abbreviatable, abbreviately, abbreviater, abbreviative, abbreviatory, unabbreviatable, unabbreviate Related terms: abbreviation, abbreviator
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "word": "enlarge"
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      "word": "extend"
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          "text": "But as delivery schedules have dwindled into hours, even the gigantic warehouse full of stuff in a central place such as the triangle is proving insufficient. Now, companies also need smaller distribution centres around the country, to respond rapidly to orders and to abbreviate the last mile as much as possible.",
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        "transitive"
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          "mathematics"
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        "sciences"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "shkurtoj"
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      "word": "إِخْتَصَرَ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "krčatel",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "կրճատել"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hapavel",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "հապավել"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skaračácʹ",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎkraštavam",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "съкращавам"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skǎsjavam",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "скъсявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abreujar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abreviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suōxiě",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "缩写"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suōlüè",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "缩略"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "berrhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zkracovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "zkrátit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "forkorte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "afkorten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "verkorten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "inkorten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "mallongigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "lühendama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "lyhentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abréger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "kürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abkürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syntomévo",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "συντομεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "laghu karnā",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "लघु करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "skammstafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "stytta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abreviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "mempersingkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "menyingkatkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "memendekkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abbreviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "giorraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abbreviare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chidimeru",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "縮める"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryakusu",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "略す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanshuku suru",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "短縮する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōryaku suru",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "省略する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryakushō suru",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "略称する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saengnyakhada",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "생략(省略)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yakhada",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "약(略)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yaksaenghada",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "약생(略省)하다)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "danchukhada",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "단축(短縮)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abbreviō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skratuva",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "скратува"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "girree"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "aagherr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "giar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "jean ny s'girrey"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "whakapoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "rap'tichi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abbreviere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "forkorte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "مختصر کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "skracać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "skrócić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abreviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "encurtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "scurta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abrevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokraščátʹ",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сокраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokratítʹ",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сократи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "giorraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "abreviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "förkorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aṭakku",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "அடக்கு"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "kısaltmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "ihtisar etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skoróčuvaty",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скоро́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skorotýty",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скороти́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "brefükön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "byrhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "cwtogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make shorter",
      "word": "talfyrru"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎkraštavam",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "съкращавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "versimpelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "kürzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saṅkṣiptakarnā",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "संक्षिप्तकरना"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "accorciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "abreviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "simplifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "simplificar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "förkorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "saṅkṣēpiñcu",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "సంక్షేపించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "ước lược"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to reduce to lower terms",
      "word": "rút gọn"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:",
          "text": "The curt form of gent as a less ceremonious substitute for the full expression of ‘gentleman,’ had once made considerable way, but its career was blighted in a court of justice. It is about twenty years ago that two young men, being brought before a London magistrate, described themselves as ‘gents.’ The magistrate said that he considered that a designation little better than ‘blackguard.’ The abbreviate form has never been able to recover that shock.",
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      "word": "tương đối ngắn"
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