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 →

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 →
• The abridgment left out the long speeches. tree →
• Here is an abridgment of one of these stories. tree →
• The short abridgment was easy to read in one lesson. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «abridgment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.