| Main Entry: | précis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, aperçu, compendium, condensation, digest, outline, pandect, rundown, résumé, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
expansion |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short document prepared from a longer one |
Synonyms: |
abridgment, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, digest, outline, précis, résumé, summary, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
document, manuscript |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, argument, boildown, case, condensation, conspectus, contention, data, defense, digest, epitome, outline, précis, sketch, summary, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information transmitted |
Synonyms: |
account, advice, announcement, briefing, bulletin, communiqué, conversation, converse, declaration, directive, disclosure, dispatch, excerpt, goods*, hot story, ideas, info, information, inside story, intelligence, language, lowdown, message, missive, news, note, pipeline, poop, prophecy, précis, publicity, report, revelation, scoop*, skinny*, speech, statement, summary, tidings, translation, utterance, warning, word, work |
| Main Entry: | compendium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, aperçu, brief, conspectus, digest, epitome, essence, guide, handbook, manual, overview, pandect, précis, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge |
| Main Entry: | condensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, boildown, breviary, brief, compendium, compression, concentration, consolidation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, digest, epitome, essence, précis, reduction, summary, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
unabridgment |
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, press together, précis, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | conspectus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
Synonyms: |
abstract, digest, outline, overview, précis, resume, review, rundown, summation, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgement of something written |
Synonyms: |
abstract, aperçu, brief, compendium, condensation, epitome, pandect, précis, résumé, short form, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
unabridgement |
| Main Entry: | encapsulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | epitomize |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, condense, cut, digest, précis, shorten, sum up, summarize, synopsize |