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# abridgment

«abridgment» in Mova's school dictionary: **a shorter version of a book, story or speech, with the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural abridgments; also spelt abridgement)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abridgment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abridgment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.