unabridged
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈbrɪdʒd/
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- Speaking of the OED, I gave my dad an unabridged, multi-volume OED for his birthday one year.
- an unabridged dictionary
- an unabridged translation
- an unabridged speech
I was nominated for reading Anne Frank a book, the unabridged Anne Frank book on tape.
- I was nominated for reading Anne Frank a book, the unabridged Anne Frank book on tape.
Examples
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But with more than 300,000 words at your disposal in any unabridged dictionary, it did not seem necessary for you, to permit your characters the use of expressions that were frequently inelegant, often profane, and unless I misinterpreted their meaning, occasionally improper.
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I prefer listening to the unabridged version of the audiobook, as it includes all the details of the story.
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We started reading the unabridged Lord of the Rings to him, really just to each other.
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You want the unabridged version or the 'cliff notes'?
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I was nominated for reading Anne Frank a book, the unabridged Anne Frank book on tape.
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If he likes the story, he may move on to listening to an unabridged audiobook of the story.
Blog text (21) -
Teens will be impressed by the hours of high-quality animation, professional audio, and easy-to-follow, unabridged play text.
Academic text (2014) -
Later, I'm playing an unabridged audiobook version of Huck Finn in the car's sound system.
Blog text (17) -
Many publishers offer their novels in both abridged and unabridged editions to cater to different reader preferences.
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For a complete experience, I recommend reading the unabridged classic novels that preserve the author's original text.
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Etymology
Unabridged is built from un- 'not' and abridged, which comes from an old root meaning 'short', the same idea you see in brief. So, unabridged means 'not shortened' and refers to the full, complete version of a text.