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Detailed Synonyms for abridge in English

abridge:

to abridge verbe (abridges, abridged, abridging)

  1. to abridge
    to shorten; to curtail; to crop; to abridge; to trim; to clip
    • shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • crop verbe (crops, cropped, cropping)
    • abridge verbe (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • trim verbe (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • clip verbe (clips, clipped, clipping)
  2. to abridge
    to shorten; to abridge; to cut down; cut short
    • shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • abridge verbe (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • cut down verbe (cuts down, cut down, cutting down)
    • cut short verbe
  3. to abridge
    – lessen, diminish, or curtail 1
    to abridge
    – lessen, diminish, or curtail 1
    • abridge verbe (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 verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut verbe (cuts, cut, cutting)
    • contract verbe (contracts, contracted, contracting)
    • abbreviate verbe (abbreviates, abbreviated, abbreviating)
    • abridge verbe (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)
      • The manuscript must be shortened1
    • foreshorten verbe

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