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type | v |
lex_filenum | 30 |
def | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
examples | The manuscript must be shortened |
Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | decrease, lessen, minify |
Derivationally related form | contract → contraction |
Antonym | contract → expand |
Derivationally related form | shorten → shortener |
Derivationally related form | abbreviate → abbreviator |
Derivationally related form | abridge → abridgement |
Derivationally related form | abridge → abridger |
Hyponym | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate |
Verb Group | edit, cut, edit out |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | contraction → contract |
Derivationally related form | abridgement → abridge |
Derivationally related form | shortener → shorten |
Derivationally related form | abbreviator → abbreviate |
Derivationally related form | abridger → abridge |
Hypernym | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten; digest, condense, concentrate |
Verb Group | edit, cut, edit out |
Hyponym | decrease, lessen, minify |
Antonym | expand → contract |
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