Meaning of shortened in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  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

  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

  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

  4. 4. with parts removed

    Examples

    • « the drastically cut film »

    Synonyms

Famous quotes

  • « Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. »
    Buddha
  • « I'm coming out with my line of shoes and my very first shoe is called 'The Nethia.' How we came up with the name is that my legal name is Linnethia and we shortened it. »
    NeNe Leakes

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