adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/
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rhymes with -ɪdʒd
CMU ARPABET:AH0 B R IH1 JH D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of abridge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
(used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an abridged version
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unabridged
History
Etymology
From abridge + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
মুখতসর
(mukhtosor)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Catalan:
abreujat
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Catalan:
resumit
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Chinese Mandarin:
簡略的 /简略的
(jiǎnlüè de)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Danish:
forkortet
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Dutch:
verkort
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Dutch:
beknopt
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Finnish:
lyhennetty
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Finnish:
supistettu
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
French:
abrégé
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
German:
gekürzt
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
German:
verkürzt
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
German:
eingekürzt
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Hungarian:
rövidített
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Italian:
abbreviato
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Italian:
ridotto
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Kazakh:
азайтылған
(azaitylğan)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Kazakh:
кемітілген
(kemıtılgen)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Kazakh:
қысқартылған
(qysqartylğan)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Kazakh:
ықшамдалған
(yqşamdalğan)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Macedonian:
скратен
(skraten)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Norwegian:
avkortet
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Norwegian:
avkorta
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Portuguese:
abreviado
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Russian:
сокращённый
(sokraščónnyj)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Spanish:
abreviado
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Swedish:
förkortad
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Telugu:
సంక్షిప్తము
(saṅkṣiptamu)
— cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
