сокращать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съкращати (sŭkraštati). By surface analysis, со- (so-) +‎ кра́ткий (krátkij) +‎ -ать (-atʹ).

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Verb

сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹimpf (perfective сократи́ть)

  1. to shorten, to curtail, to abridge, to abbreviate
  2. to reduce, to cut, to curtail, to retrench
  3. to dismiss, to discharge; to lay off
  4. (mathematics) to cancel, to abbreviate by cancellation

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