| VERB | change | shorten | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | shorten, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | |
| change | shorten | make short or shorter | |
| change | shorten | become short or shorter | |
| change | shorten, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| Sounds | shao'rtahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He shortened his trip due to illness" | |
| Cause to | shorten | Become short or shorter |
| Narrower | clip, curtail, cut short | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end / end or its full extent |
| foreshorten | shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | |
| syncopate | omit a sound or letter in a word | |
| truncate, cut short | make shorter / shorter as if by cutting off | |
| Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
| Opposite | lengthen | make longer |
| Spanish | abreviar, acortar, encoger | |
| Catalan | abreujar, encongir, escurçar-se, escurçar | |
| Nouns | shortener | any agent that shortens |
| Meaning | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The manuscript must be shortened" | |
| Synonyms | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce | |
| Narrower | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| digest, condense, concentrate | make more concise | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Opposite | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
| Similar to | edit, cut, edit out | cut and assemble the components of |
| Spanish | abreviar, acortar, compendiar, condensar, contraer, encoger, reducir, resumir, simplificar | |
| Catalan | abreujar, contraure, contreure, encongir, escurçar | |
| Nouns | shortener | any agent that shortens |
| Meaning | make short or shorter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They shorten their hair | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | cut | shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | abreviar, acortar | |
| Nouns | shortener | any agent that shortens |
| shortening | act of decreasing in length | |
| Meaning | Become short or shorter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "In winter, the days shorten" | |
| Caused by | shorten | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Opposite | lengthen | Become long / long or longer |
| Spanish | abreviar, acortarse, acortar | |
| Catalan | abreujar, escurçar-se | |
| Meaning | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They won't shorten the story | |
| Synonyms | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate | |
| Broader | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| Spanish | expurgar | |
| Catalan | expurgar | |
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