Definition of "abbreviating" []

• Present participle of abbreviate. (verb)

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• "Of course, this is not what they are asking, so the question is meaningless as phrased (unless you are abbreviating): they should have asked, "did you ever believe as an adult"."
• ""It said 'Andy Richards is a c ...'," the police community support officer (PCSO) recalls, delicately abbreviating the insult."
• "The 31-year-old Maggie Q was born Maggie Quigley, abbreviating her name when she launched her acting career in Asia."