how to pronounce abridge

/əbˈɹɪdʒ/

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abridge is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of abridge in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… not abridge the sort of the us congress …”

meanings of abridge

verb:

To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
Cut short; truncate.
To curtail.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
To debar from.
To deprive; to cut off.

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