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Webster 1828 Edition

Abridged

ABRIDG'ED

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Made shorter; epitomized; reduced to a smaller compass; lessened; deprived.

Definition 2024

abridged

abridged

English

Adjective

abridged ‎(comparative more abridged, superlative most abridged)

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.

Related terms

unabridged

Translations

cut or shortened, especially of a literary work

Catalan: abreujat (ca), resumit
Danish: forkortet
Dutch: verkort (nl), beknopt (nl)
Finnish: lyhennetty (fi), supistettu
French: abrégée (fr)
German: gekürzt (de), verkürtzt
Italian: abbreviato (it) m, abbreviata (it) f, ridotto (it) m, ridotta (it) f

Macedonian: скратен m ‎(skráten)
Norwegian: avkortet, avkorta
Portuguese: abreviado (pt)
Russian: сокращённый (ru) ‎(sokraščónnyj)
Spanish: abreviado (es)
Swedish: förkortad (sv)

Verb

abridged

simple past tense and past participle of abridge

Anagrams

bigraded, brigaded