abridged version
Condensed text form
An abridged version is a shortened form of a longer work, with portions removed to reduce length while preserving the essential content.
Books, audiobooks, and films commonly appear in abridged versions: I listened to the abridged version on my commute.
The term implies deliberate editing rather than incompleteness—someone decided what to cut.
- condensedMade more compact
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- executive summaryCondensed overview for decision-makers
- quick summaryCondensed overview of content
- shortenedMade more concise
digest · edited · excerpt · cut · cut down · trimmed · compact · synopsis · outline · cliff notes · reader's digest · expurgated · truncated · highlights · essentials · need to know · bare bones · compressed
- Audiobooksaudiobook, narrator, chapter, narration, playback speed
- stage productionsplay, musical, dress rehearsal, stage play, stage show
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
- translated bookstranslated novels, translations, translated works, translated classics, literary translations
abridged versionfull version
Complete, unrestricted release
unabridged edition · complete edition · uncut version · director's cut · full text
abridged versionexpanded edition
Version with added material
annotated edition · extended edition · deluxe edition · definitive edition · enhanced edition
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