shorten
verb /ˈʃɔːtn/
/ˈʃɔːrtn/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shorten | /ˈʃɔːtn/ /ˈʃɔːrtn/ |
| he / she / it shortens | /ˈʃɔːtnz/ /ˈʃɔːrtnz/ |
| past simple shortened | /ˈʃɔːtnd/ /ˈʃɔːrtnd/ |
| past participle shortened | /ˈʃɔːtnd/ /ˈʃɔːrtnd/ |
| -ing form shortening | /ˈʃɔːtnɪŋ/ /ˈʃɔːrtnɪŋ/ |
- to make something shorter; to become shorter
- shorten (something) Injury problems could shorten his career.
- a shortened version of the game
- In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
- shorten something to something Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kate.
Extra Examples- The course has now been shortened considerably.
- The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.
- They say that each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by five minutes.
- The distance between the cars shortened.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- drastically
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- by
- from
- to
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