verb · transitive · rare

abridge

a·bridge

abridge · abridges · abridged · abridging

скоротити, скорочувати

сокращать, уменьшать, суммировать, укорачивать

verkürzen, kürzen

To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extentTo make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

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/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

» This dictionary is an abridged edition.

Dieses Wörterbuch ist eine Kurzfassung.

Dieses Wörterbuch ist eine gekürzte Ausgabe.

Этот словарь – сокращённое издание.

Это сокращённое издание словаря.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
verkürzen, kürzen
сокраща́тьsokraščátʹ, укора́чиватьukoráčivatʹ, усека́тьusekátʹ
скоро́чуватиskoróčuvaty, скороти́тиskorotýty
(transitive)To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
verkürzen
сокраща́тьsokraščátʹ, уменьша́тьumenʹšátʹ, сумми́роватьsummírovatʹ
скоро́чуватиskoróčuvaty, скороти́тиskorotýty
(transitive)Cut short; truncate.
(transitive)To curtail.
He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.
lessen, diminish, or curtail
(archaic, transitive)To deprive; to cut off.
уменьша́тьumenʹšátʹ, убавля́тьubavljátʹ, ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ
(archaic, rare, transitive)To debar from.

Examples

7 sentences

This dictionary is an abridged edition.
ruЭтот словарь – сокращённое издание.
deDieses Wörterbuch ist eine Kurzfassung.
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This book is abridged from the original.
ruЭта книга - сокращённая версия оригинала.
deDieses Buch ist eine Kurzfassung des Originals.
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The new constitution included the aim of abridging the king's power.
deDie neue Verfassung beinhaltete das Ziel, die Macht des Königs zu beschneiden.
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The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
deDer Schüler entschloss sich dazu, seine Hausarbeit zu kürzen, indem er alle unnötigen Details strich.
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A French translation of this abridged version exists.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make shorter:

Русский

By meaning 3

to deprive:

to make shorter:

to shorten or contract by using fewer words:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to make shorter:

Origin

From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregi

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

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