unabridged edition
Nothing cut out
An unabridged edition is a version of a book or text that has not been shortened or condensed—it contains the complete original content.
Publishers sometimes abridge lengthy works for accessibility or cost, so unabridged signals the full version: I prefer the unabridged edition of Les Misérables.
Audiobooks commonly distinguish between abridged and unabridged recordings.
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- fullMaximum extent reached
- unexpurgatedNot cleansed of objectionable content
- wholeFull and undivided
- uncutNot reduced or shortened
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- Book publishingprinting, reprinting, typesetting, binding, print run
- Library ClassificationDewey Decimal, call number, call numbers, decimal system, subclass
- Book featuresintroduction, preface, glossary, index, bibliography
- anthologiesanthology, anthologies, collection, poetry collection, compilation
- Shakespeare textsfolios, quartos, quarto, complete works, collected works
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Shortened form of work
abridgement · abridgment · shortened version · cut version · abridged version
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Shortened form of work
condensed version · pocket edition · short form · excerpt · précis
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