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   What does shorten mean?

   • 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.

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   What is the difference between Shorten and abbreviation?

   • shorten implies reduction in length or duration. curtail adds an implication of cutting that in some way deprives of completeness or adequacy. abbreviate implies a making shorter usually by omitting some part. abridge implies a reduction in compass or scope with retention of essential elements and a relative completeness in the result.

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   What does shortener mean?

   • short′en·er n. These verbs mean to reduce something in length, duration, or extent: shortened his life by smoking; abbreviated the speech for the television news show; abridged the book as an essay; curtailed their visit by a week; truncated the conversation by saying goodbye. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   Can shortening a sentence improve your writing?

   • • You can improve your writing just by shortening some of these long sentences. • The posture puts an unnatural stress on the spine and shortens the neck. • So the best cure might lie in shortening the period when that is possible. shorten meaning, definition, what is shorten: to become shorter or make something shor...: Learn more.

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   What does it mean to shorten a sail?

   • To make short or shorter; reduce in length, amount, or extent. To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity. To reef or furl (a sail) so that less canvas is exposed to the breeze. To become short or shorter. To add shortening in making (pastry, etc.) for crispness or flakiness. From short +"Ž -en.

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   What happens if you shorten a word?

   • If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length. His father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten his nose. [VERB noun] As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death. [VERB] If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.

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   4 meanings: 1. to make or become short or shorter 2. nautical to reduce the area of (sail) 3. to make (pastry, bread, etc).... Click for more definitions.

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   Shorten definition: to make short or shorter. . See examples of SHORTEN used in a sentence.

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   shorten is a general word meaning to make less in extent or duration: to shorten a dress; to shorten a prison sentence. The other three terms suggest methods of shortening. abbreviate usu. means to shorten a word or group of words, as by omission of letters: to abbreviate a name.

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   The meaning of SHORTEN is to reduce the length or duration of. How to use shorten in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shorten.

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   Shorten definition: To make short or shorter. It has long been a Canadian ideal to shorten the distance from Lake Superior to the sea.

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   Definition of shorten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English shorten short‧en / ˈʃɔːtn $ ˈʃɔːrtn / verb [intransitive, transitive] SHORT/NOT LONG to become shorter or make something shorter OPP lengthen The days are shortening. shorten to His name is often shortened to Pat. → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus shorten • It costs £12 to ...