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| has gloss | (verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" shorten |
| lexicalization | eng: shorten |
| subclass of | (verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" trim, cut down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim back, trim down, bring down |
| has subclass | (verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth foreshorten |
| has subclass | (verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" cut short, curtail, clip |
| has subclass | (verb) omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word" syncopate |
| has subclass | (verb) make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" truncate, cut short |
| Meaning | |
|---|---|
| Standard Arabic | |
| lexicalization | arb: إخْتَصَرَ |
| Breton | |
| lexicalization | bre: berraat |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: snížit |
| lexicalization | ces: zmenšit |
| lexicalization | ces: omezit |
| lexicalization | ces: zkrátit |
| lexicalization | ces: krátit |
| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: forkorte |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: kürzen |
| lexicalization | deu: vermindern |
| lexicalization | deu: verringern |
| lexicalization | deu: abkürzen |
| lexicalization | deu: stutzen |
| lexicalization | deu: fallen |
| lexicalization | deu: verkürzen |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: mallongigi |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: lyhentää |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: diminuer |
| lexicalization | fra: abréger |
| lexicalization | fra: raccourcir |
| lexicalization | fra: écourter |
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| lexicalization | fra: rétrécir |
| Croatian | |
| lexicalization | hrv: skratiti |
| Hungarian | |
| lexicalization | hun: rövidít |
| lexicalization | hun: lerövidít |
| Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) | |
| lexicalization | ina: abbreviar |
| Icelandic | |
| lexicalization | isl: stytta |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: abbreviare |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 생략하다 |
| Macedonian | |
| lexicalization | mkd: скратува |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: inkorten |
| lexicalization | nld: bekorten |
| lexicalization | nld: verkorten |
| Norwegian Bokmål | |
| lexicalization | nob: forkorte |
| Novial | |
| lexicalization | nov: abrevia |
| Iranian Persian | |
| lexicalization | pes: کوتاه کردن |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: encolher |
| lexicalization | por: encurtar |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: сокращать |
| lexicalization | rus: сократить |
| lexicalization | rus: сокращаться |
| lexicalization | rus: усекать |
| lexicalization | rus: сократиться |
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| lexicalization | rus: укорачивать |
| lexicalization | rus: укоротить |
| lexicalization | rus: усечь |
| Slovak | |
| lexicalization | slk: skrátiť |
| Swedish | |
| lexicalization | swe: förkorta |
| Thai | |
| lexicalization | tha: ลดลง |
| lexicalization | tha: ย่อ |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: azaltmak |
| lexicalization | tur: azalmak |
| lexicalization | tur: kýsaltmak |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: скорочувати |
| lexicalization | ukr: скоротити |
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| lexicalization | ukr: вкорочувати |
| lexicalization | ukr: укорочувати |
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| opposite | (verb) make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" lengthen |
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