abbreviate russian

• сократи́ть

  to shorten, to curtail, to cut short

  to reduce, to cut, to cut down

  to abbreviate

  to lay off, to dismiss, to make redundant

• сокраща́ть

  to reduce, to cut, to cut down

  to shorten, to curtail

  to abbreviate

  to lay off, to dismiss, to make redundant

• сокращённо

  briefly, in abbreviated form

• сокращённый

  brief, contracted, abbreviated

• укорочённый

  shortened, abbreviated, cut short

• аббревиату́рный

  Abbreviated (adj)

• сложносокращённый

  compound-abbreviated, acronymic, formed from clipped components

Examples

• Название организации пишут сокращённо тремя буквами.

  The organization’s name is written in abbreviated form using three letters.

• Она привела пример сложносокращённого существительного.

  She gave an example of a compound-abbreviated noun.

• В тексте слишком много аббревиатурных названий.

  There are too many abbreviated names in the text.

• Аббревиатурное слово "вуз" знают все.

  Everyone knows the abbreviated word “vuz.”