abridged en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/
Etymology
From abridge + -ed.
Meanings
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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!
1850, T. S. Arthur, “A Rise in the Butter Market”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 59: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; [...].
1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more abridged | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most abridged | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (28)
es abreviado (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · no avkortet (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · mk скратен (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · kk ықшамдалған (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · da forkortet (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · de eingekürzt (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · te సంక్షిప్తము (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · de verkürzt (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · kk кемітілген (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · kk қысқартылған (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · fi lyhennetty (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · de gekürzt (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · it ridotto (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · nl beknopt (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · fr abrégé (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · ca resumit (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · cmn 簡略的 /简略的 (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · kk азайтылған (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · hu rövidített (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · no avkorta (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · ru сокращённый (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · ca abreujat (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · fi supistettu (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · it abbreviato (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · sv förkortad (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · nl verkort (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · bn মুখতসর (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) · pt abreviado (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work)