abréger
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Meanings
Verb
1. to shorten in duration
2. to shorten (in textual length) or summarize, to abridge
3. to abbreviate
Examples6
Catherine, or Cath for short.
I shortened my speeches.
Smoking shortens your life.
Long story short, we failed.
The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
Let's get to the point!