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abridgment in Italian

abridgment in Italian is ompendio — abridgment means the act of making something shorter or of taking something away.

abridgment in Italian

ompendio
noun

What does "abridgment" mean?

  1. noun The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
  2. noun The condition of having been made shorter or reduced.
  3. noun A shortened version of a book or other piece of writing.
    "The article which embodied my researches having proved somewhat too long for its purpose, an abridgment of it only was inserted in the Encyclopædia."
  4. noun Something that cuts time short, such as an amusement that makes the time seem to fly by.
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abridgment in a sentence

  • The article which embodied my researches having proved somewhat too long for its purpose, an abridgment of it only was inserted in the Encyclopædia.

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What is "abridgment" in Italian?
"abridgment" in Italian is ompendio. abridgment means: The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
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