abridgment — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation

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   مرادفات

   diminutionlesseningshortening

   أمثلة

   an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses

2. The state of being abridged or lessened.

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3. An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

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   أمثلة

   The article which embodied my researches having proved somewhat too long for its purpose, an abridgment of it only was inserted in the Encyclopædia.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.

4. That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly

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   أمثلة

   What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music?

5. Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

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6. The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.

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اسم

1. a shortened version of a written work

   مرادفات

   condensationabridgementcapsule

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   summarysum-up