Abbriviate or abbreviate?
Did you mean abbreviate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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abbriviate
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abbreviate
Correct spelling: abbreviate. Misspelling: abbriviate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double B, then "brev" as in brevity: ab-BREV-iate. Shortening a word is all about brevity.
Why people write “abbriviate”
The misspelling “abbriviate” is only one letter off: it writes I where abbreviate has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make abbreviate automatic.
What does “abbreviate” mean?
abbreviate verb
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
“The manuscript must be shortened”
Synonyms:abridgeforeshortenshortencutcontract
- shorten
“Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Abbreviate” in a sentence
- You can abbreviate "February" as "Feb."
- The manuscript must be shortened.
- Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'.
Is “abbreviate” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“abbriviate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ABBREVIATE.