#shortening
- To abbreviate — To shorten, reduce, or compress a word, a phrase, a text, or a discursive paradigm by eliminating certain letters, syllables, or entire fragments, without altering or losing the original meaning of the linguistic unit; to use codified abbreviations or acronyms in the process of writing or text editing.
- To abbreviate — To shorten a word, phrase, or text in writing, by keeping only certain letters (usually initials) or through a conventional symbol; to reduce the length of an exposition.
- Abbreviatory — Serving to abbreviate; having the character of an abbreviation or obtained through a shortening in writing or speech.
- Abbreviation — The result of the act of abbreviating; a word, phrase, or title shortened by reducing the number of letters or syllables and usually marked by an orthographic period or by using capital letters in the form of an initialism or acronym; (broadly) a conventional writing procedure used to achieve space and time economy in graphic information transmission.
- To apocopate — To drop, eliminate, or suppress the final sound or syllable of a word due to phonetic shifts, rhythm, or metrical needs. In language evolution or rapid everyday speech, this action modifies the final structure of a term without changing its core lexical meaning.