abridge

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verb

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (Freq. 1)
- The manuscript must be shortened
• Syn:
foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
• Ant:
expand (for: contract)
• Derivationally related forms:
contraction (for: contract), shortener (for: shorten), abbreviator (for: abbreviate), abridgement, abridger
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten,
digest, condense, concentrate
• Verb Group:
edit, cut, edit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They won't abridge the story
2. lessen, diminish, or curtail
- the new law might abridge our freedom of expression
• Hypernyms:
restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate