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| VERB | 1 | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
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| 2 | abridge | Lessen, diminish, or curtail |
| Sounds | ahbrih'jh |
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| Rhymes | acknowledge, acreage, adage, and 130 more rhymes in ihjh... |
| Meaning | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They won't abridge the story |
| Synonyms | foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce |
| Contrary | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate |
| Similar to | edit, cut, edit out |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
| Narrower | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate |
| Nouns | abridgement; abridger |
| Meaning | Lessen, diminish, or curtail. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression" |
| Broader | restrict, curtail, curb, cut back |
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