abbreviate

Verb

• shorten
  • Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'
    

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • The manuscript must be shortened
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  abridge , foreshorten , shorten , cut , contract , reduce
• Antonyms: 
  elaborate , lucubrate , expatiate , exposit , enlarge , flesh out , expand , expound , dilate