abridged

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/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/

Definition of abridged

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

“The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.”
“How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!”
“CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s. [...] This invaluable paper-back glossary of railway terms in six languages, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, is an abridged edition of the Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer Lexique General des Termes Ferroviaires; [...].”

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adj

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

“The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.”
“How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!”
“CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s. [...] This invaluable paper-back glossary of railway terms in six languages, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, is an abridged edition of the Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer Lexique General des Termes Ferroviaires; [...].”

verb

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From abridge + -ed.

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