What is "shortened" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does shortened mean in English? Meaning of shortened definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "shortened" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "shortened": cut short

Adjective

  • Meaning: cut short
  • Example: a sawed-off shotgun a sawed-off broomstick the shortened rope was easier to use
  • Synonyms: sawed-off sawn-off shortened
  • Similar: short
  • Meaning of "shortened": cut short in duration

    Adjective

  • Meaning: cut short in duration
  • Example: the abbreviated speech her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
  • Synonyms: abbreviated shortened truncated
  • Similar: short
  • Meaning of "shortened": shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another

    Adjective

  • Meaning: shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
  • Example: a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
  • Synonyms: shortened telescoped
  • Similar: short
  • Meaning of "shortened": with parts removed

    Adjective

  • Meaning: with parts removed
  • Example: the drastically cut film
  • Synonyms: cut shortened
  • Similar: abridged
  • Synonyms:

    trim, cut back, cut, abbreviate, minimize, lessen, reduce, slash, curtail, cut down, shrink, compress, chop, clip, edit, abridge, elide, excerpt, condense, contract, snip, dock, lop, retrench, bob, blue pencil, boil down, cut to the bone, make a long story short, put in a nutshell,

    Antonyms:

    enlarge, increase, lengthen, grow, stretch, amplify, elongate, develop, expand, extend, raise, strengthen,

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    shortened in English: shortened
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