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English Synonyms: more detail...
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shorten:
- recapitulate; condense; shorten; curtail; crop; abridge; trim; clip; abbreviate; cut down; cut short; minimize; reduce; scale down; minimise; make short; just stay for a while; castrate; bowdlerize; expurgate; bowdlerise; cut; contract; foreshorten
- organize; put up; put down; shorten; dish up; organise
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short:
- little; small; tiny; short; minuscule; diminutive; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish; curt; brusque; brusk; myopic; shortsighted; unforesightful; forgetful; unretentive; poor; light; scant
- blunt; curt; short; abrupt; steep; evanescent; transient; perishing; volatile; transitory; temporary; fleeting; passing; momentary; perfunctory; superficial; of short duration; brief; close; casual; current; empty; null; informal; cursory
- short; short in stature; short of stature
- short; suddenly; dead; abruptly; shortly; curtly; unawares
- short; shortstop; short circuit
- short; short-circuit; short-change
English
Detailed Synonyms for shorten in English
shorten:
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to shorten
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to shorten
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to shorten
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to shorten
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to shorten
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to shorten
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to shorten
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to shorten
– edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate 1to shorten; to castrate; bowdlerize; expurgate; bowdlerise– edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate 1-
expurgate verbe
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to shorten
– reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 1to reduce; to cut; to contract; to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten; foreshorten– reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 1-
foreshorten verbe
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to shorten
– become short or shorter 1 -
to shorten
– make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration 1 -
to shorten
– make short or shorter 1
Conjugations for shorten:
present
- shorten
- shorten
- shortens
- shorten
- shorten
- shorten
simple past
- shortened
- shortened
- shortened
- shortened
- shortened
- shortened
present perfect
- have shortened
- have shortened
- has shortened
- have shortened
- have shortened
- have shortened
past continuous
- was shortening
- were shortening
- was shortening
- were shortening
- were shortening
- were shortening
future
- shall shorten
- will shorten
- will shorten
- shall shorten
- will shorten
- will shorten
continuous present
- am shortening
- are shortening
- is shortening
- are shortening
- are shortening
- are shortening
subjunctive
- be shortened
- be shortened
- be shortened
- be shortened
- be shortened
- be shortened
diverse
- shorten!
- let's shorten!
- shortened
- shortening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they
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shorten form of short:
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short
little; small; tiny; short; minuscule; diminutive; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish-
little adj
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small adj
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tiny adj
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short adj
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minuscule adj
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diminutive adj
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undersized adj
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inferior adj
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inadequate adj
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low-grade adj
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middling adj
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shortish adj
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short
– marked by rude or peremptory shortness 1 -
short
– tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening 1 -
short
– (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length 1 -
short
– primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration 1 -
short
– of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration 1 -
short
– not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices 1 -
short
– lacking foresight or scope 1short; myopic; shortsighted; unforesightful– lacking foresight or scope 1-
short adj
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myopic adj
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shortsighted adj
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unforesightful adj
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short
– (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 1short; forgetful; unretentive– (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 1-
short adj
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forgetful adj
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unretentive adj
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short
– not sufficient to meet a need 1 -
short
– less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so 1 -
short
– low in stature; not tall 1
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short
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short
evanescent; transient; perishing; volatile; transitory; temporary; fleeting; passing; momentary; perfunctory; superficial; of short duration; brief; close; casual; current; empty; null; short; informal; cursory-
evanescent adj
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transient adj
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perishing adj
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volatile adj
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transitory adj
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temporary adj
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fleeting adj
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passing adj
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momentary adj
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perfunctory adj
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superficial adj
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brief adj
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close adj
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casual adj
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current adj
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empty adj
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null adj
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short adj
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informal adj
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cursory adj
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short
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short
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short
– quickly and without warning 1 -
short
– in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner 1 -
short
– at a disadvantage 1 -
short
– so as to interrupt 1 -
short
– at some point or distance before a goal is reached 1 -
short
– clean across 1 -
short
– without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold 1
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the short
– the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base 1 -
the short
– the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 1 -
the short
– accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference 1the short; the short circuit– accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference 1
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short
– create a short circuit in 1 -
short
– cheat someone by not returning him enough money 1short; short-change– cheat someone by not returning him enough money 1-
short verbe
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short-change verbe
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