abridgment
or a·bridge·ment
[uh-brij-muhnt]
noun
Origin of abridgment
Synonyms for abridgment
1. digest, epitome; compendium, synopsis, abstract, summary, précis, conspectus; syllabus, brief, outline. 2. reduction, shortening, contraction, compression.
Antonyms for abridgment
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Related Words for abridgment
compendium, sketch, outline, reduction, summary, synopsis, curtailment, decrease, diminution, epitome, lessening, digest, breviary, compendExamples from the Web for abridgment
Contemporary Examples of abridgment
Those words are an abridgment and paraphrase of this assessment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Historical Examples of abridgment
I know not if it will please you, but such as it is I shall give you an abridgment of it.
Memoirs of the Comtesse du BarryEtienne Leon Lamothe-Langon
There is an abridgment of the like moderate dimensions by Carnot.
Lectures on the French RevolutionJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
An abridgment of the work, for popular use, is published by Nisbet & Co.
Holy in ChristAndrew Murray
The Herr Professor, little studious of abridgment, does not say.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol, II. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
How does an abridgment differ from an outline or a synopsis?
English Synonyms and AntonymsJames Champlin Fernald
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