Synonyms for shorten
ˈʃɔr tnshort·en

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1. shortenverb

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

2. shortenverb

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

3. shortenverb

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

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1. shorten

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, conclude, contract, curtail, hasten, hurry, limit, reduce

   Antonyms:
   continue, defer, delay, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract

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1. shorten

   Synonyms:
   curtail, lessen, abridge

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1. shortenverb

   make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

   "He shortened his trip due to illness"

   Synonyms:
   bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

   reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

   "The manuscript must be shortened"

   Synonyms:
   sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

3. shortenverb

   make short or shorter

   "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

   Synonyms:
   bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

4. shortenverb

   become short or shorter

   "In winter, the days shorten"

   Synonyms:
   bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

5. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shortenverb

   edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

   "bowdlerize a novel"

   Synonyms:
   emasculate, alter, bowdlerise, neuter, reduce, cut, abridge, castrate, spay, contract, foreshorten, demasculinise, expurgate, demasculinize, bowdlerize, abbreviate

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

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1. • Change
   • Cut
   • Decrease
   • Reduce

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1. abridging

   to shorten

   i will abridge my name.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

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1. shortenverb

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut down

2. shortenverb

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, reduce

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1. shortenverb

   Synonyms:
   abridge, abbreviate, curtail, reduce, epitomize, contract, retrench, condense, diminish, limit, restrict, restrain, confine, circumscribe, dock, lop

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1. List of paraphrases for "shorten":

   abbreviate, abridge, reduce, curtail, shortened

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1. Scott Morrison:

   The election will be called in April and the election will be held in May. We're not doing this with any haste and we're not doing it with any delay, i noticed Bill Shorten's frustration yesterday, but you know, that impatience is born of arrogance.

2. Petro Poroshenko:

   Due to the complication of the situation, the President decided to shorten his visit to Switzerland and ... return to Ukraine on (Wednesday).

3. Richard Jefferson:

   It’s absurd, they have done every single thing…You want to shorten the season? Like how much more do we have to make this coddling and all this stuff go with the players?

4. Donald Trump:

   The media was not treating statements fairly. I mean they would chop them up and shorten the statement, and it didn’t sound proper, or it didn't sound as good when they did that, it was very unfair, now I’m doing it a little bit differently.

5. Isseki Maeda:

   Bereaved families often feel guilty and wonder if they could do more for the patient, if they believed sedation shortened survival, their guilty feeling may become deeper. Our study indicated that continuous deep sedation did not shorten patient life or change patient’s dying process.