abbreviated form
The morning news covered most of the previous day's events in abbreviated form.
Information about objects is given in abbreviated form in the following order: place and date found, measurements, description.
Very few people ever heard the song all the way through - the band performed it in abbreviated form for many years.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Short in time
abbreviated
at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
awhile
be short noticeidiom
bite-sized
blink
bout
brief
dose
in the blink of an eyeidiom
instant
jiffy
mayfly
micro-moment
minute
snatched
split second
transient
transiently
trice
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Becoming and making smaller or less