adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of abridge form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

   "The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length."

Adjective

1. 1
   (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

shortenedabbreviatedabstractedaphoristicaposiopesticbobbed

Antonyms

All antonyms

unabridged

Example

More examples

"This book is abridged from the original."

Etymology

abridge + -ed

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