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💧 To liquefy again ✂️ To shorten again
to recondense

to recondense

8.1
To make a text shorter again by removing extra words
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkənˈdɛnz/
translation icon : resumir
  • After receiving feedback, the editor had to recondense the article to fit the new word limit.

Examples

  • They decided to recondense the report so it would be easier to read.

  • The teacher asked the student to recondense his essay for the class presentation.

  • Please recondense this report for clarity.

  • The editor will recondense the lengthy article.

  • After receiving feedback, the editor had to recondense the article to fit the new word limit.

  • The teacher asked the student to recondense his essay for the class presentation.

  • They decided to recondense the report so it would be easier to read.

Synonyms

to recap
vsto recondense
38 3.4

To briefly repeat the main points

is applied when something needs to be shortened again
to condense
vsto recondense
21 4.2

Make something shorter by removing unimportant details

means doing that shortening again rather than the first reduction
to digest
vsto recondense
6 4.1

To make long information shorter by giving its main points

specifically means doing that condensation a second time
to recapitulate
vsto recondense
  • Formal
2 8.0

To briefly repeat the main points

is used to shorten or compress information anew
to capsulize
vsto recondense
  • US
1 8.2

To put ideas or information into a short summary

focuses on making that brief summary again
to redistill
vsto recondense
7.4

To make the main idea shorter and clearer

is the act of shortening something a second time

Antonyms

to expand
805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

to elaborate
79 4.2

To give more details or explain something more fully

How Concise

to summarize
  • US
90 3.0
to recondense
8.1
to condense
21 4.2
to shorten
45 2.3
to trim
95 2.6

Surface Forms

recondense infinitive
recondensed past
recondensed past participle
recondensing present participle
recondenses third person singular

Morphology

recondense = condense (transparent) = re + condense

This is a straightforward use of re- meaning 'again' added to 'condense', yielding 'make concise again'.

Etymology

Recondense is built from re- meaning 'again' and condense, a word that also means 'to make shorter or more concentrated', as when you condense a story. So to recondense is to make something shorter or more compact 'again', which is why writers and editors use it for summarizing a text a second time.