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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | to make shorter | 350 sets | |
| 2 | condense or shorten | 98 sets | |
| 3 | to shorten | 96 sets | |
| 4 | to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. | 89 sets | |
| 5 | to shorten or condense | 61 sets | |
| 6 | shorten | 59 sets | |
| 7 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | 49 sets | |
| 8 | (v.) to make shorter | 47 sets | |
| 9 | to shorten; to condense | 41 sets | |
| 10 | make shorter by using fewer words | 38 sets | |
| 11 | to condense, shorten | 34 sets | |
| 12 | to shorten, to diminish | 28 sets | |
| 13 | to shorten or diminish | 25 sets | |
| 14 | (v) to make shorter | 25 sets | |
| 15 | to cut down, shorten | 23 sets | |
| 16 | v. condense or shorten | 21 sets | |
| 17 | v. to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. | 20 sets | |
| 18 | make shorter | 20 sets | |
| 19 | v. to make shorter | 15 sets | |
| 20 | shorten, condense, abbreviate | 14 sets | |
| 21 | (v.) - to shorten, cut down | 14 sets | |
| 22 | to shorten a written text | 14 sets | |
| 23 | to condense or shorten | 13 sets | |
| 24 | to shorten in length or duration | 13 sets | |
| 25 | to shorten; to condense; to diminish; to curtail | 12 sets | |
| 26 | to reduce in scope | 11 sets | |
| 27 | expand, enlarge, augment | 11 sets | |
| 28 | to shorten (verb) | 10 sets | |
| 29 | to shorten, condense | 10 sets | |
| 30 | condense | 10 sets | |
| 31 | to shorten in duration or extent; to diminish | 10 sets | |
| 32 | to make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles | 9 sets | |
| 33 | 1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (the publisher thought the dictionary was too long and ___ it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (moby-dick is such a long book that even the ___ version is longer than most normal books | 9 sets | |
| 34 | to reduce the scope by means of the omission or words without sacrificing their meaning; condense | 9 sets | |
| 35 | v. to reduce in slope | 8 sets | |
| 36 | to shorten in duration | 8 sets | |
| 37 | to shorten or condense; to lessen or curtail | 8 sets | |
| 38 | v.; to deprive of | 7 sets | |
| 39 | 1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (the publisher thought the dictionary was too long and abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (moby-dick is such a long book that even the abridged version is longer than most normal books | 6 sets | |
| 40 | to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents | 6 sets | |