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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
abridged \abridged\ adj.
1. 1 shortened by condensing or rewriting; -- said of texts:
an abridged version [Narrower terms: half-length]
unabridged, full-length
Syn: condensed
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief
and cf. Abbreviate.]
1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
power or rights. ``The bridegroom . . . abridged his
visit.'' --Smollett.
[1913 Webster]
She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
train from state to necessity. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
history or dictionary.
[1913 Webster]
3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief
and cf. Abbreviate.]
1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
power or rights. ``The bridegroom . . . abridged his
visit.'' --Smollett.
She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
train from state to necessity. --Fuller.
2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
history or dictionary.
3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
abridged
adj : (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an
abridged version" [ant: unabridged]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
abridged
a.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
vb.
(infl of en abridge ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
abridged
a.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
vb.
(infl of en abridge ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
abridged
a.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
vb.
(infl of en abridge ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
abridged
a.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
vb.
(infl of en abridge ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
abridged
Englanti a.
suppea
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a bridge d)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
abridged
Engelska a.
(avledning en abridge ordform=perfpart); förkortad
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb abridge)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/ 1. اختصر 2. مختصر 3. مقصَّر 4. ملخص 5. موجزFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]zestručněný
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/ crynoëdigFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/
eingeschränkt, beschnitten
Synonym: cabined
see: abridge, cabin, abridging, cabining
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/
gekürzt, verkürzt
"the botanical name in abridged form" - der botanische Name in Kurzform
see: abridge sth., abridging, abridges, abridged, abridged edition, abridged version, abridge a book
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/
kürzte, verkürzte
"the botanical name in abridged form" - der botanische Name in Kurzform
see: abridge sth., abridging, abridged, abridges, abridged edition, abridged version, abridge a book
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]abridged //əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]lyhennetty, supistettu cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. संक्षिप्त "I read the abridged edition of Dickens's ‘Oliver Twist'."
abridged /ɐbɹˈɪdʒd/ smesti, zbunjen zbogFrom English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
abridged //əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]avkorta, avkortet cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
abridged /əˈbrɪʤd/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]skrócony
abridged //əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]förkortad cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/əˈbɹɪdʒd/
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "abridged":
Spartan, abbreviated, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed, brief,
brusque, capsule, capsulized, clipped, close, compact, compendious,
compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, cropped, curt,
curtailed, cut, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic,
epigrammatic, gnomic, laconic, mowed, mown, nipped, pithy, pointed,
pollard, polled, pruned, reaped, reserved, sententious, shaved,
sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened, snub,
snubbed, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight,
to the point, trimmed, truncated
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
adj. 省略的