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abréger [abʀeʒe]➭ TABLE 3 et 6 transitive verb[+ vie, durée, visite, texte] to shorten ; [+ conversation, vacances] to cut short ; [+ mot] to abbreviate• version abrégée [de livre] abridged version• abrège ! (inf) get to the point!* * *abʀeʒe1) ( rendre court) to shorten [mot, expression]; to summarize [texte, discours]abréger ‘télévision’ en ‘télé’ — to shorten ‘television’ to ‘TV’
2) ( rendre bref) to cut short [visite, carrière]abrège! — (colloq) keep it short!
disons, pour abréger, qu'ils se séparent — to cut GB ou make US a long story short, let's just say they are separating
* * *abʀeʒe vt1) [texte] to shorten, to abridge2) [mot] to shorten, to abbreviate3) [réunion, voyage] to cut short4) [souffrances] to put an end to* * *abréger verb table: assiéger vtr1 ( rendre court) to shorten [mot, expression]; to summarize [texte, discours]; abréger ‘télévision’ en ‘télé’ to shorten ‘television’ to ‘TV’; donner une version abrégée de qch to give an abridged version of sth; donner qch sous une forme abrégée to give sth in abbreviated form [terme]; to give sth in summarized form [texte];2 ( rendre bref) to cut short [sth]; j'ai dû abréger ma visite I had to cut short my visit; une crise cardiaque a abrégé sa carrière a heart attack cut short his career; abrège○! keep it short!; abréger les souffrances de qn to put an end to sb's suffering; disons, pour abréger, qu'ils se séparent to cut GB ou make US a long story short, let's just say they are separating.[abreʒe] verbe transitif1. [interrompre - vacances] to curtail, to cut short, to shorten ; [ - vie] to cut short, to put an (early) end to2. [tronquer - discours] to cut ; [ - texte] to cut, to abridge ; [ - conversation] to cut short ; [ - mot] to abbreviate, to truncate (soutenu)abrège! [ton agressif] get to the point!pour abréger locution adverbialeCatherine, ou Cath pour abréger Catherine, or Cath for shortpour abréger, nous avons échoué to cut a long story short, we failed -
2 abréger
abbreviate, abridge
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abridge — /ə brij/ vt abridged, abridg·ing: to diminish or reduce in scope no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United States U.S. Constitution amend. XIV abridg·ment or… … Law dictionary
Abridge — A*bridge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abr[ e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See {Brief} and cf. {Abbreviate}.] 1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abridge — (v.) c.1300, abreggen, to make shorter, to condense, from O.Fr. abregier abridge, diminish, shorten, from L.L. abbreviare make short (see ABBREVIATE (Cf. abbreviate)). The sound development from L. vi to Fr. dg is paralleled in assuage (from… … Etymology dictionary
abridge — abridge; abridge·ment; … English syllables
abridge — *shorten, curtail, abbreviate, retrench Analogous words: condense, *contract, compress, shrink: *cut, slash: *limit, restrict: reduce, diminish, *decrease Antonyms: expand: extend Contrasted words: amplify, swell, distend (see … New Dictionary of Synonyms
abridge — [v] shorten abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil*, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell*, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim,… … New thesaurus
abridge — ► VERB ▪ shorten (a text or film). DERIVATIVES abridgement (also abridgment) noun abridger noun. ORIGIN Old French abregier, from Latin abbreviare abbreviate … English terms dictionary
abridge — [ə brij′] vt. abridged, abridging [ME abregen < OFr abregier < LL abbreviare, ABBREVIATE] 1. to reduce in scope, extent, etc.; shorten 2. to shorten (a piece of writing) while preserving its substance; condense 3. to lessen or curtail… … English World dictionary
Abridge — infobox UK place country = England official name= Abridge civil parish= Lambourne latitude= 51.6523longitude= 0.1191population=1,500 (2001 Census) civil parish= Lambourne shire district= Epping Forest shire county = Essex region= East of… … Wikipedia
abridge — abridgable, abridgeable, adj. abridger, n. /euh brij /, v.t., abridged, abridging. 1. to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book. 2. to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish;… … Universalium
abridge — UK [əˈbrɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms abridge : present tense I/you/we/they abridge he/she/it abridges present participle abridging past tense abridged past participle abridged to produce a shorter form of a book, play etc by making cuts … English dictionary