Abbreviates - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.

Примеры использования:

The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel

verb

To make a written text shorter

Примеры использования:

They listened to an abridged version on tape.

verb

To make a book, play, or piece of writing shorter by removing details and information that is not important

Примеры использования:

The book was abridged for children.

adjective

Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Примеры использования:

Abstract concepts such as love or beauty

verb

Consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).

Примеры использования:

To abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism

noun

A summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech.

Примеры использования:

An abstract of her speech

noun

A flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place.

Примеры использования:

He undid two clips and lifted the lid

verb

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips.

Примеры использования:

She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings

noun

An act of clipping or trimming something.

Примеры использования:

I gave him a full clip

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Примеры использования:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Примеры использования:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Примеры использования:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

verb

Make (something) denser or more concentrated.

Примеры использования:

The morning play on saturday was condensed into a half-hour package

verb

To reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in length

Примеры использования:

I condensed ten pages of comments into/to two.

verb

To make a liquid thicker by removing some of the water

verb

Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

Примеры использования:

Chemicals that constrict the blood vessels

verb

To make or become tighter and narrower

Примеры использования:

[ t ] bright sunlight constricts the pupil of the eye.

verb

To become tighter and narrower, or to make something become tighter and narrower

Примеры использования:

He hated wearing a tie - he felt it constricted his breathing., when you're dancing, you don't want…

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Примеры использования:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Примеры использования:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

A legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself

Примеры использования:

She already has a contract for her next book with a publisher., i have no other contractual obligat…

noun

A cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable.

Примеры использования:

The main crops were oats and barley

verb

Cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short.

Примеры использования:

She cropped her long golden hair

verb

Short for riding crop or hunting crop.

verb

Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

Примеры использования:

Civil liberties were further curtailed

verb

To reduce or limit something, or to stop something before it is finished

Примеры использования:

He had to curtail his speech when time ran out.

verb

To reduce or limit something

Примеры использования:

The federal reserve raised interest rates slightly to curtail inflation., the last government sever…

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Примеры использования:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Примеры использования:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

verb

Break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.

Примеры использования:

In terms of the western view of digestion, food is digested in the stomach and passed on to the sma…

noun

A compilation or summary of material or information.

Примеры использования:

A digest of their findings

verb

(of the body of a living creature) to chemically change food into smaller forms that the body can absorb and use

Примеры использования:

[ t ] some people have difficulty digesting milk., he could digest an enormous amount of informatio…

verb

Prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.

Примеры использования:

Volume i was edited by j. johnson

noun

A change or correction made as a result of editing.

Примеры использования:

The system has no word wrap feature—so even small edits involved extensive rekeying

verb

Prepare for publication or presentation by revising

noun

A summary or abstract of a text or speech.

Примеры использования:

The precis accompanying the weekly summaries of incidents also make it possible to explore in more …

verb

Make a precis of (a text or speech).

Примеры использования:

She wrote one of the best and most intelligent dissections of the case, and to precis her, she poin…

noun

A short form of a text that gives only the important parts

noun

A plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Примеры использования:

However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.

verb

Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Примеры использования:

Now is the time to prune roses

noun

An instance of trimming a tree, shrub, or bush.

Примеры использования:

They need little care other than an annual prune

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Make or become shorter.

Примеры использования:

He shortened his stride

verb

Make short or shorter

verb

To make something shorter in length, distance, or height

Примеры использования:

I’d like to have this jacket shortened by about two inches., a high school knee injury probably sho…

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Примеры использования:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

noun

A psychiatrist.

Примеры использования:

You should see a shrink

verb

To become smaller or cause something to become smaller

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the show’s audience has shrunk in the last few months., [ t ] i shrank my sweater by putting …

verb

Give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

Примеры использования:

These results can be summarized in the following table

verb

Briefly present the main points of something

verb

To provide a clear statement of the important points

Примеры использования:

[ t ] before each episode, the narrator summarizes earlier events in the story.

verb

Give a brief summary or general survey of (something)

Примеры использования:

Here's my 5-minute attempt to synopsize the events of the last few weeks

noun

An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

Примеры использования:

We use electromagnetic waves to detect and image objects: light waves for optical microscopes and t…

verb

(with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.

Примеры использования:

Five steel sections that telescope into one another

noun

A cylindrical device that you look through to make objects that are far away look nearer and bigger

Примеры использования:

My camera’s telescopic lens lets me take great close-ups., redford telescoped decades of history in…

verb

Shorten the duration or extent of.

Примеры использования:

He was a sensational player whose career was truncated by injuries

adjective

(of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.

Примеры использования:

The ends are usually acute or obtuse, but sometimes also fish tail-like, truncate or vague.

verb

To make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it

Примеры использования:

Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault.