ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAabridge
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abridge
Meaning: to shorten while keeping the essence
abridge in a sentence
How abridge is used in real sentences:
The editor abridged the long manuscript.
The editor abridged the long manuscript.
“Because the cable carried little data, onboard software had to abridge each video log, keeping unusual motion while removing long stretches of empty seafloor.”
— from the passage The Long Descent
Synonyms for abridge
Other words for abridge — condense, abbreviate and shorten — carry the same meaning.
- condense
- abbreviate
- shorten
Antonyms of abridge
Words that mean the opposite of abridge:
- lengthen
- expand
Where it comes from
From Old French abregier 'to make brief'
Word parts
- brev — short
abridge: ab- (to; form of ad-) + brev (short)
Memory hook
ABRIDGE — A-BRIDGE shortens the gap.