adjective
containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way.
a compendious study
succinct,pithy,short and to the point,short and sweet,potted,thumbnail,brief,crisp,compact,concise,condensed,shortened,contracted,compressed,abridged,abbreviated,summarized,summary,abstracted,in a nutshell,in a few well-chosen words,snappy,lapidary,epigrammatic,synoptic,aphoristic,gnomic
verb
Formally engage (someone) to be married.
in no time I shall be betrothed to Isabel
engaged,engaged to be married,promised,pledged,contracted,bound
verb
Formally engage (someone) to be married.
in no time I shall be betrothed to Isabel
engaged,engaged to be married,promised,pledged,contracted,bound
transitive verb
Enter into a formal agreement to marry.
soon I shall be betrothed to Isabel
engaged,engaged to be married,promised,pledged,contracted,bound
adjective
(of a piece of writing) having been shortened.
an abridged text of the speech
shortened,cut,cut short,cut down,concise,condensed,contracted,compressed,abbreviated,reduced,decreased,diminished,shrunk,curtailed,truncated,lessened,trimmed,cropped,clipped,pruned,pared down,stripped down,bare-bones,skeleton
adjective
Shortened; cut short.
an abbreviated version of the earlier work
shortened,reduced,cut,cut down,cut short,contracted,condensed,compressed,abridged,truncated,concise,compendious,compact,succinct,clipped,cropped,pared down,pruned,shrunk,constricted,telescoped
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