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Detailed Synonyms for abridge in English

abridge:

to abridge verb (abridges, abridged, abridging)

  1. to abridge
    to shorten; to curtail; to crop; to abridge; to trim; to clip
    • shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • curtail verb (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • crop verb (crops, cropped, cropping)
    • abridge verb (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • trim verb (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • clip verb (clips, clipped, clipping)
  2. to abridge
    to shorten; to abridge; to cut down; cut short
    • shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • abridge verb (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • cut down verb (cuts down, cut down, cutting down)
    • cut short verb
  3. to abridge
    – lessen, diminish, or curtail 1
    to abridge
    – lessen, diminish, or curtail 1
    • abridge verb (abridges, abridged, abridging)
      • the new law might abridge our freedom of expression1
  4. to abridge
    – reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 1
    to reduce; to cut; to contract; to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten; foreshorten
    – reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 1
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut verb (cuts, cut, cutting)
    • contract verb (contracts, contracted, contracting)
    • abbreviate verb (abbreviates, abbreviated, abbreviating)
    • abridge verb (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
      • The manuscript must be shortened1

Conjugations for abridge:

present
  1. abridge
  2. abridge
  3. abridges
  4. abridge
  5. abridge
  6. abridge
simple past
  1. abridged
  2. abridged
  3. abridged
  4. abridged
  5. abridged
  6. abridged
present perfect
  1. have abridged
  2. have abridged
  3. has abridged
  4. have abridged
  5. have abridged
  6. have abridged
past continuous
  1. was abridging
  2. were abridging
  3. was abridging
  4. were abridging
  5. were abridging
  6. were abridging
future
  1. shall abridge
  2. will abridge
  3. will abridge
  4. shall abridge
  5. will abridge
  6. will abridge
continuous present
  1. am abridging
  2. are abridging
  3. is abridging
  4. are abridging
  5. are abridging
  6. are abridging
subjunctive
  1. be abridged
  2. be abridged
  3. be abridged
  4. be abridged
  5. be abridged
  6. be abridged
diverse
  1. abridge!
  2. let's abridge!
  3. abridged
  4. abridging
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "abridge":

  1. lessen, diminish, or curtail1
    • the new law might abridge our freedom of expression1
  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements1