[responsivevoice] abridge [/responsivevoice] [ uh-brij ]
The word of the day is ‘abridge.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is abridged.
It means:
1. Shorten
2. Curtail
3. Cut
4. Trim
1. Hindi – Ghataana
2. Spanish – Abreviar
3. French – Abréger
4. Mandarin – Shānjié
1. The novelist, like every other artist, must abridge and select.
2. We must not abridge the liberties of the press or the people.
3. If an attempt is made to abridge that power, they preach arms and rebellion.
4. I find that I must abridge, by abstaining from the reading of extracts.
5. The introduction is abridged from the author’s afterword to the novel.
abbreviate, curtail, truncate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, cut, decrease, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, shorten, crop, synopsize, epitomize, shortened, shrunk etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
expand, extend, increase, lengthen, add, develop, enlarge, fill, free, grow, raise, release, strengthen, stretch
Quotation:
In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right.
Sol Wachtler
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