abridgement

English

Etymology

abridge + -ment

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
  • (file)

Noun

abridgement (countable and uncountable, plural abridgements)

  1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
    • 1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512:
      CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s. [...] The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms.

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