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abridgeable

abridgeable

7.1
Can be made shorter without losing the main meaning
  • adjective
  • /əˈbrɪdʒəbl/
translation icon : abreviable
  • The novel is abridgeable, so a shorter version can be published for younger readers.

Examples

  • The professor explained that the lecture notes were abridgeable into a concise summary.

  • Legal documents are rarely abridgeable because every detail is important.

  • This text is abridgeable.

  • Is this article abridgeable?

  • The novel is abridgeable, so a shorter version can be published for younger readers.

  • The professor explained that the lecture notes were abridgeable into a concise summary.

  • Legal documents are rarely abridgeable because every detail is important.

Antonyms

unabridged
4 6.0

Contains the original text with nothing left out

How Easy

abridgeable
7.1
compressible
  • Specialized
5.3

Surface Forms

abridgeable positive

Morphology

abridgeable = abridge (transparent) = abridge + able

The adjective is a direct derivation from the verb 'abridge' with the productive adjectival suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of being'.

Etymology

Abridgeable comes from the verb abridge, which comes from a root meaning 'short', like the common word brief, and the ending -able means 'able to be'. So abridgeable literally means 'able to be made shorter', which is why we use it for texts that can be shortened without losing their meaning.