How do you use Abridged in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cut or shortened, plus the exact meaning.
Abridged meaning
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
Synonyms of Abridged
Using Abridged
- The main meaning on this page is: Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
- Useful related words include: cut, shortened, half-length, potted.
- In the example corpus, abridged often appears in combinations such as: an abridged, abridged version, abridged and.
Context around Abridged
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abridged
- In this selection, "abridged" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2023, heavily, greatly, transcript, version and league stand out and add context to how "abridged" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include denied or abridged by the and a greatly abridged transcript of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abridged" sits close to words such as accumulates, admiralty and adventurers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abridged
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The interview has been abridged for brevity. (7 words)
As such, what follows is a greatly abridged transcript of our conversation, edited for clarity. (15 words)
Abridged extract from John Bercow: Call To Order, by Sebastian Whale, published by Biteback at £20. (16 words)
These fundamental rights are abridged while in government service which is why joining the RSS can be construed as espousing an ideology that is not conducive to minorities though the aggressive nationalism of the RSS can never be doubted. (39 words)
The Nigeria Professional Football League makes a return with a mouthwatering clash between eight-time champions Enyimba and this season’s best performers Bendel Insurance on match-day 10 of the 2023 abridged season in Aba on Sunday. (38 words)
In fact, Bard's response feels like an abridged version of ChatGPT's – sort of like when a student copies another child's work makes it read differently so the teacher can't tell. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
In fact, Bard's response feels like an abridged version of ChatGPT's – sort of like when a student copies another child's work makes it read differently so the teacher can't tell.
Sunshine Stars, after 11 games this season earned 17 points and sits in 6th place on the log of group B of the abridged league.
The Nigeria Professional Football League makes a return with a mouthwatering clash between eight-time champions Enyimba and this season’s best performers Bendel Insurance on match-day 10 of the 2023 abridged season in Aba on Sunday.
The training highlights the importance of familiarity with Narcan and demonstrates the ease and accessibility of the County’s abridged 10-minute training.
English translations of the book have often been heavily abridged, while even relatively faithful adaptations like the Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1971 film depict just a small selection of its tales.
In 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which said that the right to vote could not be denied or abridged based on gender.
Listen to the interview on “The Daily Signal Podcast” or read an edited and abridged transcript below.
The amendment is concise: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
These fundamental rights are abridged while in government service which is why joining the RSS can be construed as espousing an ideology that is not conducive to minorities though the aggressive nationalism of the RSS can never be doubted.
Abridged extract from John Bercow: Call To Order, by Sebastian Whale, published by Biteback at £20.
As such, what follows is a greatly abridged transcript of our conversation, edited for clarity.
Because I knew that, if we did re-run it, it wouldn’t be in its abridged form.
He abridged Ibn-e-Taymiyah’s book the Refutation of the Logicians to demonstrate the uselessness of employing logic as an epistemological tool in intellectual works.
It referred to the report as an Abridged Labour Force Survey under Covid-19 for August 2020.
One highlight is an abridged cut of the documentary “ attempts to become the first blind person to lead a climb up the Old Man of Hoy, a sea stack off the coast of Scotland.
The interview has been abridged for brevity.
The right of citizens of the to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
This year’s abridged Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will start at 9 a.m. eastern time on NBC.
Abridged versions of classic literature once rightly attracted charges of philistinism, whereas the act of concertinaing The Irishman is regarded as a necessary response to a hectic world.
Girdhani’s research began with the Jataka tales, and she realised she was reading abridged and translated versions with a forced moral at the end.
Common combinations with abridged
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an abridged 21×
- abridged version 13×
- abridged and 12×
- or abridged 11×
- abridged by 10×
- the abridged 9×
- abridged edition 5×
- heavily abridged 4×
- and abridged 4×
- abridged form 4×