abridged edition
Cut-down publication
An abridged edition is a shortened version of a book or other text, with portions removed to reduce length while preserving the essential content.
Publishers produce abridged editions to make lengthy works more accessible or to fit time constraints, as with audiobooks: I listened to the abridged edition on my commute.
Compare unabridged, which retains the complete original text.
- condensedMade more compact
- shortenedMade more concise
- short versionReduced length rendition
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
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- Book publishingprinting, reprinting, typesetting, binding, print run
- editionsedition, reprint, first pressing, second edition, limited edition
- textbook editionsstudent edition, teacher edition, workbook, annotated edition, illustrated edition
- Text VersionsBritish English, American English, revised edition, bilingual edition, adaptation
- Library ClassificationDewey Decimal, call number, call numbers, decimal system, subclass
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Text with nothing removed
complete edition · unabridged · full text · uncondensed · director's cut
abridged editionexpanded edition
Version with added material
extended edition · annotated edition · deluxe edition · omnibus edition · collected edition
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