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ABRIDGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abridged mean?
• ABRIDGED (adjective)
The adjective ABRIDGED has 1 sense:
1. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
Familiarity information: ABRIDGED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
Context example:
an abridged version
Similar:
cut; shortened (with parts removed)
half-length (abridged to half its original length)
potted ((British informal) summarized or abridged)
Also:
short (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration)
Antonym:
unabridged ((used of texts) not shortened)
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