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Meaning: Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: abridge; foreshorten; abbreviate; shorten; contract; reduce; cut Context example: The manuscript must be shortened Hypernyms (to "abridge" is one way to...): decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abridge"): bowdlerise; bowdlerize; castrate; expurgate; shorten (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate) concentrate; condense; digest (make more concise) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something Sentence example: They won't abridge the story
Meaning: Lessen, diminish, or curtail Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Context example: the new law might abridge our freedom of expression Hypernyms (to "abridge" is one way to...): curb; curtail; cut back; restrict (place restrictions on) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something "In for a penny, in for a pound." (English proverb) "Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river." (Native American proverb, Tuscarora) "What you cannot see during the day, you will not see at night." (West African proverb) "A good deed is worth gold." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: What does decrease mean? minify definition What does bowdlerise mean? castrate definition What does condense mean?
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