Meaning of shortened in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Classifying Adjective

   shortened

   Definitions

   1. cut short

   Examples

   • « a sawed-off shotgun »
   • « a sawed-off broomstick »
   • « the shortened rope was easier to use »

   Synonyms

   • short
2. 2. cut short in duration

   Examples

   • « the abbreviated speech »
   • « a curtailed visit »
   • « her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking »
   • « an unsatisfactory truncated conversation »

   Synonyms

   • short
3. 3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another

   Examples

   • « a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars »
   • « years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream »

   Synonyms

   • short
   • short
4. 4. with parts removed

   Examples

   • « the drastically cut film »

   Synonyms

   • abridged