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a·bridg·ment

also a·bridge·ment (ə-brĭj′mənt)

1. The act of abridging or the state of being abridged.

2. An abridged written text.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

abridgment, abridgement

a shortened or condensed form of a book, article, etc.

abridgement

[əˈbrɪdʒmənt] N

1. (= shortened version) → resumen m, compendio m

2. (= act) → abreviación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

abridgement

n (act) → Kürzen nt; (= abridged work) → gekürzte Ausgabe

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

abridgement

[əˈbrɪdʒmənt] n (act of abridging) → riduzione f; (shortened version) → edizione f ridotta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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