condensed version
Compact edited edition
A condensed version is a shortened form of something longer—a book, article, film, or document—that preserves the essential content while cutting less important material.
Reader's Digest built its brand on condensed versions of books and articles.
Unlike an abridged version, which may cut sections wholesale, a condensed version typically compresses throughout: I read the condensed version because I didn't have time for the original.
- abridgedReduced in length
- abridged editionShortened form of work
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- executive summaryCondensed overview for decision-makers
- digestMetabolize or summarize
shortened · compressed · synopsis · brief · edited · truncated · excerpt · overview · cliff notes · highlights · highlights reel · compact · distilled · stripped · bare bones · streamlined · boiled down · long story short
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- excerptsexcerpt, extract, snippet, clip, passage
- Get to the Pointcut to the chase, bottom line, in a nutshell, spit it out, long story short
- miniaturesminiatures, figurines, figurine, miniature sculptures, scale models
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
condensed versionfull version
Complete, unrestricted release
full text · complete edition · uncut version · unabridged edition · expanded edition
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