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English verb: abridge | |||
| 1. | abridge (change) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | ||
| Samples | The manuscript must be shortened. | ||
| Examples | They won't abridge the story | ||
| Synonyms | abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, lessen, minify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, concentrate, condense, digest, expurgate, shorten | ||
| Verb group | cut, edit, edit out | ||
| Antonyms | elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, flesh out, enlarge, expand | ||
| 2. | abridge (change) lessen, diminish, or curtail | ||
| Samples | The new law might abridge our freedom of expression. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | curb, curtail, cut back, restrict | ||
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