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Abbreviator

One who abbreviates or shortens.

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Broader term 3

Redact 76% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Redactor 76% connected

One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Reviser 76% connected

One who revises.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foreshorten 74% connected

To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Foreshorten 74% connected

To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Abridger 92% connected

One who abridges.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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