noun, noun, used as a suffix
abbreviation; omission; abridgment
Commonly used after or about a shortened form; also appears in fixed expressions such as 以下略 for omitted text.
「スマホ」は「スマートフォン」の略です。
"Smaho" is an abbreviation of "smartphone."
引用の後半
The latter half of the quotation was marked as omitted.
noun
A concise account of the main points. As a standalone noun this is somewhat formal or written; 概略 and 概要 are often more ordinary in modern usage.
ここでは事件の略だけを記す。
Here I will record only the outline of the incident.
noun
Literary or old-fashioned as an independent noun for a plan or stratagem; modern Japanese more often uses 策略, 計略, or 作戦.
将軍は略をめぐらせて敵を退けた。
The general devised a strategy and drove back the enemy.