There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
abbreviate
(verb) shorten; “Abbreviate ‘New York’ and write ‘NY’”
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; “The manuscript must be shortened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviates, present participle abbreviating, simple past and past participle abbreviated)
(obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
(obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 17th century.]
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
(transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
• abridge
• compress
• condense
• contract
• curtail
• epitomize
• reduce
• shorten
• amplify
• dilate
• elongate
• enlarge
• expand
• expatiate
• extend
• lengthen
• produce
• prolong
• stretch
abbreviate (comparative more abbreviate, superlative most abbreviate)
(obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century]
(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
abbreviate (plural abbreviates)
(obsolete) An abridgment. [Mid 16th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*bre"vi*ate, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Abbreviated; p.pr. & vb.n. Abbreviating.] Etym: [L. abbreviatus, p.p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. Bacon.
2. (Math.)
Definition: To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Ab*bre"vi*ate, a. Etym: [L. abbreviatus, p.p.]
1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] "The abbreviate form." Earle.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Ab*bre"vi*ate, n.
Definition: An abridgment. [Obs.] Elyot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.