Home › Words › D › deabbreviatedeabbreviatedeabbreviate means to expand (an abbreviation).EtymologyFrom de- + abbreviate.verbTo expand (an abbreviation).e.g.“Simplified Main Stress Rule in Deabbreviated Form” — 1973, Alvin L. Gregg, Capturing Native Intuitions: A Criticism of the Chomsky-Halle Auxiliary Reduction Rules:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unabbreviate 84% match — To make unabbreviated, to expand something which was abbreviated. vs deabbreviate →abbreviate 76% match — To shorten by omitting parts or details. vs deabbreviate →unshorten 72% match — To expand from an abbreviated form; to restore to its original length. vs deabbreviate →abbreviative 72% match — Tending to abbreviate; condensed. vs deabbreviate →abbreve 70% match — An abbreviation. vs deabbreviate →abbreviatory 68% match — Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging. vs deabbreviate →abbreviately 68% match — In an abbreviate way. vs deabbreviate →abbreviable 68% match — Able to be abbreviated. vs deabbreviate →