abridgment — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation

   Употребление

   • употребление в США
   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

   Синонимы

   diminutionlesseningshortening

   Примеры

   an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses

2. The state of being abridged or lessened.

   Употребление

   • употребление в США
   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

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

   Употребление

   • употребление в США
   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

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

   Другие примеры (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

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • вышедшее из употребления
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

   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.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • устаревающее
   • неисчисляемое

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

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

Существительное

1. a shortened version of a written work

   Синонимы

   condensationabridgementcapsule

   Более общие понятия

   summarysum-up