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verb (v)
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration (verb.change)
Example: He shortened his trip due to illness.
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)
Synonym: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce Antonym: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
Example: The manuscript must be shortened.
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make short or shorter (verb.change)
Example: Shorten the skirt.
Shorten the rope by a few inches.
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become short or shorter (verb.change)
Example: In winter, the days shorten.
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)
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To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. (verb)
source: webster1913
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. (verb)
source: webster1913
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