What is another word for shorten?
Synonyms for shorten
ˈʃɔr tnshort·en
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, bowdleriseAntonyms:
lengthenabridge, 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 backAntonyms:
lengthenshortenverb
make short or shorter
"shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
Synonyms:
bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdleriseAntonyms:
lengthenshortenverb
become short or shorter
"In winter, the days shorten"
Synonyms:
bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdleriseAntonyms:
lengthenbowdlerize, 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, abbreviateAntonyms:
lengthen
Editors Contribution
abridging
to shorten
i will abridge my name.
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "shorten":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#246 | take | |
#280 | sign | |
#422 | press | |
#604 | issue | |
#848 | edit | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1838 | skip | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2110 | limit | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4405 | trend | |
#4719 | ignore | |
#4915 | burn | |
#5714 | curve | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6310 | slim | |
#7413 | alter | |
#8269 | sheer | |
#8412 | hack | |
#8648 | conclude | |
#9196 | concentrate | |
#9347 | undertake | |
#12483 | hurry | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#13461 | tailor | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#19529 | compress | |
#21844 | tighten | |
#22194 | slew | |
#22984 | shortened | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#26128 | shorten | |
#28687 | dilute | |
#29637 | geld | |
#32728 | prune | |
#38212 | hasten | |
#40610 | veer | |
#41052 | neuter | |
#43009 | rationalize | |
#43430 | curtail | |
#47799 | spay | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#58771 | snub | |
#60459 | condense | |
#60871 | swerve | |
#66240 | quash | |
#82163 | abbreviate | |
#94999 | rationalise | |
#101576 | abridge | |
#108267 | constrict | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#167240 | castrate | |
#248679 | emasculate |
How to use shorten in a sentence?
Franklin County prosecutor Ron O'Brien:
By giving fentanyl at these levels, we were comfortable with the information we had that it was a sufficient amount that the only rational purpose could be to shorten a person's life.
The point is to effectively shorten the bond for the investor, it doesn’t guarantee they will get their money back when the coupon steps-up, but it makes it very likely they will get their money back at that time and otherwise provides them with a high coupon bond that could likely be sold at a good price.
Due to the complication of the situation, the President decided to shorten his visit to Switzerland and ... return to Ukraine on (Wednesday).
We want to see how the briefing went today and how much we learned from it, if we learned a good deal from it, it will shorten that whole process considerably.
World Bank President David Malpass:
It's essential that we shorten the time to recovery, support operations are already underway, and the expanded funding tools approved today will help sustain economies, companies and jobs.
Translations for shorten
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- berraatBreton
- zkrátitCzech
- kürzer werden, verkürzenGerman
- mallongigiEsperanto
- acortar, abreviar, acortarse, reducirSpanish
- raccourcir, écourterFrench
- giorraichScottish Gaelic
- קיצרHebrew
- kurteskarIdo
- scorciareItalian
- 短縮, 短いJapanese
- abbreviōLatin
- īsināt, saīsināt, paīsinātLatvian
- скратува, крати, скусува, кусиMacedonian
- skrócić, skracaćPolish
- encurtarPortuguese
- scurtaRomanian
- укоротиться, укорачивать, укоротить, сократиться, сократить, сокращать, сокращаться, укорачиватьсяRussian
- skratiti, скратитиSerbo-Croatian
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