abridged edition

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abridged
adjective
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/əˈbrɪdʒd/us
/əˈbrɪdʒd/
made shorter by having some details or less important ...
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edition
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/
a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper ...
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(Definition ofabridgedandeditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The net loss on sales was £189 in the case of the unabridged edition, and £61 in the case of theabridgededition.
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Is it not ridiculous to issue anabridgededitionand then to deprive people of the opportunity to look at the proper edition?
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Anabridgededitionof it was published in 1900.
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A second andabridgededitionin one volume was published in 1887.
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Anabridgededitionappeared later in the same year.
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The diary was first published in 1905 as a heavily edited andabridgededition.
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Today only theabridgededitionis in print, and copies of the enlarged edition are very scarce.
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Anabridgededition, without the quotations, appeared in 1839, with a new preface, but uncorrected.
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A revised andabridgededitionwas published in 1965, and a further edition in 1995.
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Published in anabridgededition, 1991.
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There is a shortage of novels both in the original and abridged editions.
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Additional text-only editions and various abridged editions were also published.
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Subsequent abridged editions omit his article.
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Saved in various manuscripts in abridged editions.
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