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# abridgment

noun (plural abridgments; also spelt abridgement)

«abridgment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An abridgment is a shorter version of a book, story or speech, with the main parts kept and the rest left out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/#m1)

### In the lessons

a short form of an old tale, given at the start or end of a book to show the main story

### Examples

- This book is an abridgment of the Odyssey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/#x1)
- The abridgment left out the long speeches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/#x2)
- Here is an abridgment of one of these stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/#x3)
- The short abridgment was easy to read in one lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abridgment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abridgment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abridgment.html) on Mova free.