short version
Trimmed down form
A short version is a condensed or abbreviated form of something longer—a document, story, explanation, or recording: Give me the short version of what happened.
The phrase implies essential content preserved while details are trimmed.
It often signals impatience or time constraints: I don't have all day—short version, please.
- briefShort in duration
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- abridgedReduced in length
- condensedMade more compact
- cliff notesCondensed literary summaries
synopsis · recap · truncated · clipped · abbreviated · digest · outline · cut to the chase · snippet · excerpt · teaser · quick · concise · compact · cut · edited · trimmed · highlight
- Get to the Pointcut to the chase, bottom line, in a nutshell, spit it out, straight talk
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
short versionfull version
Complete, unrestricted release
extended edition · uncut version · director's cut · extended cut · expanded edition
short versionoriginal
First or inventive
unabridged · whole thing · full text · source material · theatrical release
short, version, shorter, shortest, shorten, shortened, shortening, shortly, shortness