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Third Person
abridges
Present Participle
abridging
Past Tense
abridged
Past Participle
abridged
1
to make a book, play, etc. short by omitting the details and including the main parts
- The play was abridged for the school performance, focusing on the key scenes.
- The film adaptation abridged the novel, leaving out some subplots.
- The team was abridging the manuscript when the deadline was moved up.
- They will abridge the report to present only the key findings.
- For the anthology, they abridged the lengthy essay to highlight its main arguments.
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2
to decrease, reduce, or restrict something, often by cutting down its size, duration, or range
- The company policy aims to abridge unnecessary meetings, ensuring employees have more time for productive tasks.
- We will abridge the event schedule to accommodate the unexpected delay in the program.
- The government has abridged access to certain public areas to maintain safety during the pandemic.
- By the time we arrived, the teacher had abridged the lecture due to the time constraints.
- The editor abridged the speech for a younger audience, condensing the content to ensure it was easily understood.