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shorten
[ shawr-tn ]
verb (used with object)
Synonyms: , , ,
- to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.:
to shorten sail.
- to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat.
- Sports. choke ( def 8 ).
verb (used without object)
- to become short or shorter.
Synonyms: ,
- (of odds) to decrease.
shorten
/ ˈʃɔːə /
verb
- to make or become short or shorter
- tr nautical to reduce the area of (sail)
- tr to make (pastry, bread, etc) short, by adding butter or another fat
- gambling to cause (the odds) to lessen or (of odds) to become less
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Derived Forms
- ˈǰٱԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms
- ǰIJ· noun
- v·ǰIJ verb
- ·ǰIJ verb (used with object)
- ·ǰIJ verb
- ܲd·ǰIJ verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ǰIJ adjective
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Synonym Study
Shorten, abbreviate, abridge, curtail mean to make shorter or briefer. Shorten is a general word meaning to make less in extent or duration: to shorten a dress, a prisoner's sentence. The other three terms suggest methods of shortening. To abbreviate is to make shorter by omission or contraction: to abbreviate a word. To abridge is to reduce in length or size by condensing, summarizing, and the like: to abridge a document. Curtail suggests deprivation and lack of completeness because of omitting some part: to curtail an explanation.
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Theaters are also still grappling with the loss of casual moviegoers, an audience that got used to watching films from their couch and shortened theatrical windows.
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The following has been edited and shortened for clarity.
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In a TikTok posted earlier this month, an Amazon delivery driver posted about how dramatically her daily delivery routes have shortened in recent weeks.
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One so common that we barely notice it shortening our lives.
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"Once you suddenly realise that this is a real problem, something that could - and may have, 100 years ago - shortened Alex's life, you ask: 'what can we do?'"
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