What is Abridge?

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Abridge

/ə-ˈbrij/
Abridge is to shorten a piece of its writing. But not to lose its meaning. It does not mean to lengthen or expand.

Word Background

Imagine you have a long story to tell, but you want to make it shorter. You can abridge the story by leaving out some of the details.

“Abridge” means to shorten something, usually a piece of writing, by leaving out parts of it. It’s like condensing a long story into a shorter summary. For example, you can abridge a book into a shorter version or a long speech into a brief summary.

When you abridge something, you try to keep the main points and ideas, but you remove unnecessary details. This can be helpful when you want to quickly communicate the most important information.

Example Sentence

The teacher asked you to abridge this paragraph to make it shorter.

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