abridge
Make text shorter
To abridge is to shorten something, typically a written work, while preserving its essential content: an abridged version of the novel.
The word implies condensing rather than merely cutting—the result should still be coherent and complete in its way.
Abridge can also mean to curtail or diminish: laws that abridge freedom of speech.
Cut off abruptly
- compressReduce volume by force
- curtailTo cut short
- cutSeverance or reduction
- reduceMake smaller in degree
condense · contract · trim · clip · prune · pare · dock · crop
Condensed version of content
- abstractCondensed version of text
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- précisConcise summary of text
- outlineSummary of key elements
recap · overview · epitome · compendium · condensation · summary · brief · sketch
Modify written material
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- reviseAlter to improve
- copyeditRefine text professionally
- proofreadCheck writing for mistakes
editor · condensed version · expurgate · bowdlerize · censor · blue-pencil · adapted · revised edition
Remove unnecessary elements
- clarifyMake something understandable
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- distillPurify through vaporization
- elucidateTo make understood
accessible · plain language · adapt · paraphrase · reword · popularize · simplification · easy-to-read
truncate
Cut off abruptly
reduce · condense · contract · trim · clip · prune · pare · dock · crop · snip
synopsis
Condensed version of content
outline · recap · overview · epitome · compendium · condensation · summary · brief · sketch · encapsulation
edit
Modify written material
proofread · editor · condensed version · expurgate · bowdlerize · censor · blue-pencil · adapted · revised edition · anthology
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
- clarifyMake something understandable
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- distillPurify through vaporization
elucidate · accessible · plain language · adapt · paraphrase · reword · popularize · simplification · easy-to-read
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- editorial actionsedit, revise, proofread, publish, review
- streamliningstreamline, simplify, optimize, consolidate, condense
- abridged versionShortened form of work
- abridged editionShortened form of work
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