abridge

Significat (Anglès)

1. (archaic, transitive) To deprive; to cut off.
2. (archaic, rare, transitive) To debar from.
3. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4. (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
5. (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
6. (transitive) To curtail.

Sinònims

shorten

abbreviate

curtail

reduce

cut

restrict

limit

confine

decrease

condense

lessen

shrink

diminish

foreshorten

contract

abstract

summarize

compress

summarise

cut down

ease

circumscribe

epitomize

trim

dock

boil down

abate

be concise

constrict

razee

take summary action

recapitulate

stint

retrench

clip

lower

sum up

make smaller

detract

truncate

tuck up

cut back

downsize

cut short

extenuate

hold down

humble

humiliate

let down

localise

localize

look down

lop

minimize

mitigate

mortify

nick

nip

omit

outline

overbear

pare

prune

pull down

put down

qualify

rationalise

rationalize

reef

roll out

ruin

run down

scale down

scant

shorter

shunt

slash

straiten

streak

subtract

taper

throttle

understate

weaken

wreck

write down

cry down

derogate from

factor out

make an abstract of

make a stroke

make shorter

pull to pieces

scotch

trim back

make a precis of

make a summary

make brief

contain

make short

delete

abase

abbreviation

amortise

amortize

astringe

attenuate

ax

axe

🪓

bate

behead

bound

brail

bring down

castrate

circumcise

conclude

constrain

couch

🛋️

cramp

crib

crop

cut off

cut up

debase

decapitate

decline

deduct

deescalate

degrade

demean

demolish

deplete

deprave

destroy

discredit

draw

draw a line

drop

economize

encapsulate

epitomise

expense

Traduccions

abréger

inkorten

abreviar

verkürzen

raccourcir

kürzen

bekorten

verkorten

verminderen

amoindrir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: abreggen

In summary

From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abberiāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.