abridgeverb [ T ]
uk/əˈbrɪdʒ/us/əˈbrɪdʒ/to make a book, play, or piece of writing shorter by removing details and information that is not important:
The book was abridged for children.
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Editing & compiling
- amend
- blue pencil
- compile
- corrigendum
- cut and paste idiom
- draft
- edit
- editable
- editorial
- emend
- excerpt
- lexicographer
- lexicography
- paste
- proof
- proofread
- redact
- redaction
- revise
- reword
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abridged
adjective uk/əˈbrɪdʒd/us/əˈbrɪdʒd/
the abridged edition/version of her novel
abridgment
noun [ C or U ] also abridgement uk/əˈbrɪdʒ.mənt/us/əˈbrɪdʒ.mənt/