has abbreviated

• present perfect

  present perfect

  Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.

  of abbreviate (3rd person singular).
  abbreviate

  verb (used with object)

  to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian.

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has abbreviated

The editor has abbreviated it by capricious omissions.

From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Henry Noel Brailsford

Critics quietly assume, because there is a difference, that Epiphanius has abbreviated, but that is by no means sure.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

Related Words

• abridge
• compress