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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate.

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Examples

  • (And, as a last thought, I half-suspect that the fact the title abbreviates to MPH (for miles-per-hour is not an accident.

    Mind Hacks: March 2006 Archives 2006

  • (And, as a last thought, I half-suspect that the fact the title abbreviates to MPH (for miles-per-hour is not an accident.

    Mind Hacks: Mind Performance Hacks 2006

  • A long day's journey lies between Garoet and Djokjacarta, which popular parlance abbreviates into Djokja.

    Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

  • The MG in the standard name abbreviates "motors and generators," so you can search the NEMA Web site for "MG" in the standard's title to locate other motor-and-generator documents such as:

    The Gadgeteer 2010

  • It condenses and abbreviates, thus giving words an energy of expansion that is almost explosive.

    John Dewey's *Art as Experience* 2010

  • "Pearl Dive," as Black abbreviates it, will serve seafood stew, po boys, pasta, maybe fried chicken and a skirt steak, the last making use of the restaurant's wood-burning grill.

    Jeff Black to Launch Pearl Dive Justin Rude 2010

  • I think they may have skipped "The Thief in the Tower" because it abbreviates to TTITT.

    Disney's Animated Film 'Rapunzel' Changes Title to 'Tangled' « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • Nonetheless, I love it that Southern Mississippi opened their season with Louisiana-Lafayette and Loyola of Louisiana, both of which ESPN abbreviates as some variation of LA-LA.

    Eric Angevine: Making Sense of ESPN's Basketball Marathon 2009

  • "Bones" as Fr Ray Blake affectionately abbreviates him has just posted this astonishing video of Obama worship:

    Hear our cry Obama! 2009

  • "Bones" as Fr Ray Blake affectionately abbreviates him has just posted this astonishing video of Obama worship:

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

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