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fra: abréger

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means(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
shorten, reduce, abbreviate, contract, abridge, cut, foreshorten
means(verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
shorten
means(verb) make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
lessen, minify, decrease
means(verb) make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
concentrate, digest, condense
means(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
castrate, expurgate, shorten, bowdlerise, bowdlerize
means(verb) make less active or intense
slake, slack, abate
means(verb) become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
shorten
means(verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
slack off, slack, let up, abate, die away
means(verb) make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
truncate, cut short
means(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
cut short, curtail, clip
means(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
means(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
typify, epitomise, epitomize
means(verb) give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
resume, summarize, summarise, sum up
means(verb) shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
abbreviate
means(verb) make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
shorten
means(verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
abridge

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