adj
Shortened; made briefer.
n
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
adj
Tending to abbreviate; condensed.
adj
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
adj
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
n
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
n
A term that is repeated in a relatively short text
adj
(rare) Embodying brevity.
adj
Concise; taking few words.
adj
Obsolete spelling of brief [Of short duration; happening quickly.]
n
(by extension, science fiction) The notion that small changes in the past via time travel can cause disproportionately large and unforeseeable consequences in the present.
n
A subsidiary plot in a play or novel.
v
To articulate two things simultaneously.
v
(transitive, linguistics) To index together; to mark (words in a phrase) as referring to the same thing.
adj
Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.
adj
Causing, or involved in commutation
adj
containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
adj
(obsolete) Physically short or truncated
n
(typically in combination) Something with a specified decile.
v
To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
n
(US, informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator.
n
(law) hearsay that contains a hearsay statement itself
n
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
n
(law) A second reply in Scots law.
n
(by extension) The information required to have a basic understanding of a topic.
n
Alternative form of fact pattern [(law) A set of relationships that have been established for an event from which a legal conclusion can be drawn.]
n
The individual who is the focus of a study or review, when the study or review is based on that individual's interactions with others.
n
(computing) A technique designed for solving a problem when classic methods are too slow or fail to find any exact solution.
adj
Very highly abbreviated.
adv
Briefly; concisely; using a few words to summarize.
adj
Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation.
n
The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation.
n
A special edition of a book, or anything else, limited to a specific number (of copies etc.).
v
(transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
adv
(idiomatic) Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, a relevant story.
n
An example serving as the model for such a pattern.
v
(transitive) To serve as an example for.
n
A concise description of a problem
n
A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view.
n
A psychometric model for analysis of categorical data, such as answers to a questionnaire, as a function of the trade-off between (a) the respondent's abilities, attitudes or personality traits and (b) the item difficulty.
n
(obsolete) A pattern; an example.
v
(transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.
adj
(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
adj
Alternative form of short-fetched [(obsolete, of breathing) shallow]
adj
Alternative spelling of short order [(of food) Prepared and served quickly.]
v
To take or use a shortcut
adj
Alternative form of short-fetched [(obsolete, of breathing) shallow]
adj
(advertising, of a television advertisement) Running for a relatively short time, typically no more than two minutes.
n
(by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
v
(nonstandard) Synonym of shorten
n
(obsolete) The quality or state of being signal or remarkable.
n
The process of simulating.
adj
Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form
n
(usually followed by of) The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features.
v
(transitive) To describe concisely.
n
(sciences) A simplified problem with clear constraints and parameters, usually used as a tool to understand a related real-world problem.
n
The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.
adj
Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
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