abridging
present participle ofabridge
abridge
verb[T]
uk/əˈbrɪdʒ/us/əˈbrɪdʒ/abridgeverb[T](make shorter)
to make abook,play, orpieceof writingshorterbyremovingdetailsandinformationthat is notimportant:
Thebookwas abridged forchildren.
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compilation
- draft
- dub
- emend
- lexicographer
- lexicography
- non-editorial
- over-edit
- post-editing
- proofreading
- recension
- revised
- unfiltered
abridgeverb[T](reduce rights)
toreducesomeone'sfreedom,rights, etc.:
He said thatCongresswould make nolawabridging thefreedomofspeech.
Had thestateabridged hisrights?
- Themodeofpunishmentmust not abridge thelibertyof thedefendant.
- Thelegislationabridged thereligiousfreedomofconsumerswhoobserveSaturdayratherthanSundayas adayofrest.
- Thepeoplefearedthat if thestatebecametoopowerful,governmentwould abridge thelibertiesof thepeople.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope
- tumble
Examplesofabridging
abridging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
First, it does not seem true that only a right can justify interfering with orabridginganother right.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The verb retrancher signifiesabridging, cutting away and diminishing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This procedure involves theabridgingof some projected sequences.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This is a very limited exemption that ensures that liability does not arise simply as a result ofabridgingthe prospectus.
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Restriction means cutting down andabridgingrent.
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While the influence of money on the political process is troubling and sometimes corrupting,abridgingpolitical speech is the wrong way to counterbalance that influence.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is no possibility of omitting these or ofabridgingthem without destroying a prime value of the collection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before the magazine's edition was circulated, other news media gave exposure to the story,abridgingand selectively reporting it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridgingthe freedom of speech, or of the press....
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jemielniak suggests activelyabridgingand rewriting the rules and laws to fall within a fixed and reasonable limit of size and complexity to remedy their excessive complexity and size.
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- unpleasant taste
- unplug
- unplugged
- unpolluted
- unpopular
- unpopular cause
- unpopular decision
- unpopularity
- unpopular measure
- unprecedented
- unprecedented access to
- unprecedented amount
- unprecedented boom
- unprecedented degree
- unprecedented effort
- unprecedented expansion
- unprecedented growth
- unprecedented height
- unprecedented increase
- unprecedented level
- unprecedentedly
- unprecedented move
- unprecedented proportions
- unprecedented proportions
- unprecedented scale