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abridges
Overview of verb abridge
The verb abridge has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")
2. abridge -- (lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression")
Antonyms of verb abridge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abridge
2 senses of abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
abridge
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb abridge
1 of 2 senses of abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
=> digest, condense, concentrate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abridge
2 senses of abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 2
abridge
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
'Cause To' of verb abridge
Derived Forms of verb abridge
1 of 2 senses of abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
RELATED TO>(noun) abridgement#1
=> condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule
RELATED TO>(noun) abridger#1
=> abridger, abbreviator
Domain of verb abridge
Domain Terms of verb abridge
Familiarity of verb abridge
abridge used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb abridge
2 senses of abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
EX: They won't abridge the story
Sense 2
abridge
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb abridge
2 senses of abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 2
abridge
> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
=> abridge
=> immobilize, immobilise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb abridge
Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 2
abridge
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
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Grep of verb abridge
abridge
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