Meanings
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.
2 more examples
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 59CHEMINS 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
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of abridge
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bengali মুখতসর
- মুখতসর (mukhtosor)cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Catalan abreujat, resumit
- abreujatcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- resumitcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Chinese Mandarin 簡略的 /简略的
- 簡略的 /简略的 (jiǎnlüè de)cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Danish forkortet
- forkortetcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Dutch verkort, beknopt
- verkortcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- beknoptcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Finnish lyhennetty, supistettu
- lyhennettycut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- supistettucut or shortened, especially of a literary work
French abrégé
- abrégécut or shortened, especially of a literary work
German gekürzt, verkürzt
- gekürztcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- verkürztcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- eingekürztcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Hungarian rövidített
- rövidítettcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Italian abbreviato, ridotto
- abbreviatocut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- ridottocut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Norwegian avkortet, avkorta
- avkortetcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
- avkortacut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Portuguese abreviado
- abreviadocut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Russian сокращённый
- сокращённый (sokraščónnyj)cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Spanish abreviado
- abreviadocut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Swedish förkortad
- förkortadcut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with abridged
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Cite this entry
abridged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abridged
“abridged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abridged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abridged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abridged.
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