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Meanings of shorten in English

Portuguese
encurtar
Catalan
encongir
Spanish
contraer

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.

    encurtar
    Portuguese
    expurgar
    Catalan
    expurgar
    Spanish
    expurgar

    Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.

          expurgar
          Portuguese
          encurtar
          Catalan
          escurçar-se
          Spanish
          encoger

          Become short or shorter.

                encurtar
                Usage of shorten in English
                1
                RARE-sequences help to shorten investigation time, particularly in cases involving the skeleton.
                Pubmed
                2
                A higher spiking concentration made it possible to shorten the detection time.
                Pubmed
                3
                Unusually dry winters and higher water consumption could shorten this deadline considerably.
                The South African
                4
                Hospitals are encouraged to take every effort to shorten delay of treatment.
                Pubmed
                5
                I see something is doing in England to shorten the apprenticeship system.
                The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
                6
                A number of experts have tipped him and he could shorten again.
                News.com.au
                7
                The fear of being detected kept Gillian ready to shorten the time.
                Beechcroft at Rockstone
                8
                Remdesivir has been shown to shorten the recovery time from the coronavirus.
                Radio NZ
                9
                Such sedatives may reduce the pulse, but do not shorten the disease.
                Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
                10
                Full occupation during the intervening period has seemed to shorten the interval.
                Byeways in Palestine
                11
                At first it had been a luxury that would shorten the war.
                The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
                12
                In this way I will shorten long winter without the birds' song.
                The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
                13
                The souls in purgatory can do nothing to shorten their time there.
                The Irish Times
                14
                More bimakalim was required to shorten APs during mild and moderate hypothermia.
                Pubmed
                15
                DeBoer started to shuffle his lines and shorten his bench at midgame.
                Reuters
                16
                Just then the watch below was summoned on deck to shorten sail.
                Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
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                Translations for shorten
                Shorten through the time
                Shorten across language varieties
                Australia
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Less common
                Ireland
                Less common
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