shorten

[shawr-tn] / ˈʃɔr tn /

VERB

diminish, decrease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abbreviate compress curtail cut cut back cut down lessen minimize reduce shrink slash trim

STRONG

abridge bob chop clip condense contract dock edit elide excerpt lop retrench snip

WEAK

blue pencil boil down cut to the bone make a long story short put in a nutshell

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop enlarge expand extend grow increase lengthen raise strengthen stretch

WEAK

amplify elongate

Example Sentences

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She uses a shortened version of her name in court because the case was filed by her mother when she was a minor.

From The Wall Street Journal

HKEx is also dedicated to improving its market's structure and efficiency, including shortening stock clearing time, she said.

From Barron's

I also tried shortening my days to seven hours instead of 10.

From MarketWatch

She explained that these models could shorten the time needed to evaluate potential preventive therapies.

From Science Daily

This narrowing intensifies when viewing distance is shortened or when overly strong negative lenses are worn.

From Science Daily