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shorten (verb)

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  • shorten — ► VERB 1) make or become shorter. 2) Sailing reduce the amount of (sail spread) …   English terms dictionary

  • shorten — verb (shortened; shortening) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to reduce the length or duration of b. to cause to seem short 2. a. to reduce in power or efficiency < is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shorten — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, significantly ▪ The course has now been shortened considerably. ▪ slightly …   Collocations dictionary

  • shorten — (v.) 1510s, from SHORT (Cf. short) (adj.); the earlier form of the verb was simply short, from O.E. sceortian to grow short, gescyrtan to make short …   Etymology dictionary

  • shorten — verb (I, T) to become shorter or make something shorter: The days are shortening now. | shorten sth: They re talking about shortening the working week. opposite lengthen …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • shorten — verb shorten your essay to a three paragraph summary the drapes will have to be shortened Syn: make shorter, abbreviate, abridge, condense, précis, synopsize, contract, compress, reduce, shrink, diminish, cut (down); dock, trim, crop, pare d …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • shorten — verb a) To make shorter; to abbreviate. b) To become shorter. Ant: lengthen …   Wiktionary

  • shorten — verb 1》 make or become shorter. 2》 Sailing reduce the amount of (sail spread) …   English new terms dictionary

  • shorten — verb Syn: abbreviate, abridge, condense, contract, compress, reduce, shrink, diminish, cut (down), trim, pare (down), prune, curtail, truncate Ant: lengthen …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • shorten — [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t(ə)n[/t]] shortens, shortening, shortened 1) V ERG If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. [V n] Smoking can shorten …   English dictionary

  • shorten — UK [ˈʃɔː(r)t(ə)n] / US [ˈʃɔrt(ə)n] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms shorten : present tense I/you/we/they shorten he/she/it shortens present participle shortening past tense shortened past participle shortened to become shorter, or to… …   English dictionary

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