to abridge
- verb
- /əˈbrɪdʒ/
:
abreviar
- The editor decided to abridge the lengthy manuscript to make it more accessible for readers.
Examples
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"If given proper encouragement, freedom, and reward, an inventor would exert his imagination in devising methods to facilitate and abridge labor."
Academic text (1993) -
She'd had to abridge it somewhat, but did so masterfully.
Academic text (2011) -
In other words, to abridge.
Academic text (1992) -
In this context, we should also take into consideration the general—and generally neglected—narrative convention that gives the author and his narrator almost absolute liberty to abridge at their discretion the temporal and spatial representation of fictional reality.
Academic text (2004) -
In her speech, she chose to abridge the historical details while still conveying the main message.
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For the presentation, we will abridge the report so we can focus on the key findings.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To remove parts or make something shorter, for example text
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2.8
To make something simpler by cutting out details
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2.3
Make something shorter, for example an article, skirt, or route
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4.2
Make something shorter by removing unimportant details
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3.6
To make something shorter while keeping the important parts
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7.5
Make something shorter in time or length while keeping its main parts
Antonyms
How Short
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abridge comes from Latin parts ab- 'to' and brevis 'short', the same root as brief. So to abridge a book or speech is to make it 'short' while keeping the main ideas.