abridge

Definition of abridge in English English dictionary: To make shorter; to shorten in duration
She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. - Fuller.; To lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights; To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights; To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary; to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles; {v} to contract, shorten, deprive; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened; To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights; {f} condense, shorten; make shorter in words; To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights; To deprive; to cut off; followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights
abridged: cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.
abridged: Simple past tense and past participle of abridge
to abridge: condense
abridged: {a} shortened, deprived of
abridger: {n} a person that shortens or contracts
Abridger: one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
abridged: past of abridge
abridged: A shortened version of a book or other documents
abridged: An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it. This is an abridged version of her new novel `The Queen and I'. = shortened. an abridged book, play etc has been made shorter but keeps its basic structure and meaning
abridged: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"
abridged: A shortened version of a book, document, etc
abridged: {s} shortened, condensed
abridged: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version
abridged: cut short, reduced
abridger: One who abridges
abridger: {i} shortener, abbreviator, summarizer; reducer
abridges: third-person singular of abridge
abridging: present participle of abridge

abridge

Hyphenation

a·bridge

Turkish pronunciation

ıbrîc

Synonyms

abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize

Antonyms

add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen

Pronunciation

/əˈbrəʤ/ /əˈbrɪʤ/

Etymology

() From Middle English abregen, from 14th Century Middle French abregier, (French abréger), from Late Latin abbrevio, from Latin ad + brēvio (“shorten”). See brief and compare abbreviate