| ADJECTIVE | all | abridged | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting |
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| Sounds | ahbrih'jhd | |
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| Rhymes | acknowledged ... unabridged: 13 rhymes with ihjhd... | |
| Meaning | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting. | |
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| Example | "an abridged version" | |
| Narrower | cut, shortened | With parts removed |
| half-length | abridged to half its original length | |
| potted | (British informal) summarized or abridged | |
| See also | short | primarily temporal sense |
| Opposite | unabridged | (used of texts) not shortened |
| Spanish | abreviado | |
| Catalan | abreujat, abreviat, resumit | |
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