abridgment
Use Abridgment in a sentence
məntAlso, a·bridge·ment.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English abreg(g)ement, abrygement < Middle French abregement. See abridge, -ment
1400–50; late Middle English abreg(g)ement, abrygement < Middle French abregement. See abridge, -ment
Related forms
non·a·bridg·ment, noun
Synonyms
1. digest, epitome; compendium, synopsis, abstract, summary, précis, conspectus; syllabus, brief, outline. 2. reduction, shortening, contraction, compression.
1. digest, epitome; compendium, synopsis, abstract, summary, précis, conspectus; syllabus, brief, outline. 2. reduction, shortening, contraction, compression.
Antonyms
1, 2. expansion, enlargement.
1, 2. expansion, enlargement.
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Abridgment
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a shortened version of a written work |
| 2. | the act of abridging or state of being abridged |
| abridgement or abridgement | |
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Example sentences
Letters will be published at the discretion of the editors and subject to editing and abridgment.
Well, that too is alive in the form of a commissioned single-volume abridgment of my trilogy.
What is now before us is an abridgment of all that, and an abridgment not uncalled for.
The lack of development cannot be invoked to justify abridgment of internationally recognized human rights.
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