"unabbreviate" meaning in English

See unabbreviate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unabbreviates [present, singular, third-person], unabbreviating [participle, present], unabbreviated [participle, past], unabbreviated [past]
Etymology: un- + abbreviate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|abbreviate}} un- + abbreviate Head templates: {{en-verb}} unabbreviate (third-person singular simple present unabbreviates, present participle unabbreviating, simple past and past participle unabbreviated)
  1. (uncommon, transitive) To make unabbreviated, to expand something which was abbreviated. Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-unabbreviate-en-verb-eYoOVuBX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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