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Detailed Synonyms for curtail in English

curtail:

to curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)

  1. to curtail
    to decrease; to diminish; to reduce; to curtail; to lessen; to scale down; to dwindle; shrink away; to mark down
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verbe (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • shrink away verbe
    • mark down verbe (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  2. to curtail
    to shorten; to curtail; to crop; to abridge; to trim; to clip
    • shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • crop verbe (crops, cropped, cropping)
    • abridge verbe (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • trim verbe (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • clip verbe (clips, clipped, clipping)
  3. to curtail
    restrict; to curtail
  4. to curtail
    – place restrictions on 1
    restrict; to curb; to curtail; to cut back
    – place restrictions on 1
    • restrict verbe
    • curb verbe (curbs, curbed, curbing)
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
      • curtail drinking in school1
    • cut back verbe (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
  5. to curtail
    – terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent 1
    to curtail; to clip; cut short
    – terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent 1
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
      • Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries1
    • clip verbe (clips, clipped, clipping)
    • cut short verbe
      • My speech was cut short1

Conjugations for curtail:

present
  1. curtail
  2. curtail
  3. curtails
  4. curtail
  5. curtail
  6. curtail
simple past
  1. curtailed
  2. curtailed
  3. curtailed
  4. curtailed
  5. curtailed
  6. curtailed
present perfect
  1. have curtailed
  2. have curtailed
  3. has curtailed
  4. have curtailed
  5. have curtailed
  6. have curtailed
past continuous
  1. was curtailing
  2. were curtailing
  3. was curtailing
  4. were curtailing
  5. were curtailing
  6. were curtailing
future
  1. shall curtail
  2. will curtail
  3. will curtail
  4. shall curtail
  5. will curtail
  6. will curtail
continuous present
  1. am curtailing
  2. are curtailing
  3. is curtailing
  4. are curtailing
  5. are curtailing
  6. are curtailing
subjunctive
  1. be curtailed
  2. be curtailed
  3. be curtailed
  4. be curtailed
  5. be curtailed
  6. be curtailed
diverse
  1. curtail!
  2. let's curtail!
  3. curtailed
  4. curtailing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "curtail":

  1. place restrictions on1
    • curtail drinking in school1
  2. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent1
    • Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries1