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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The pitch clock shortened games by nearly 30 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal

And an indicator’s life cycle is shortened to the extent it becomes widely known.

From MarketWatch

Also, digitization and online competition have shortened the lag time between cost increases and price increases, and that means companies are making price decisions more quickly than in the past, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Depending on how long the conflict lasts, however, some facilities could elect to shorten or postpone their usual May and June maintenance schedules, he said.

From MarketWatch

After surgery, many develop short bowel syndrome, a condition in which the shortened intestine struggles to absorb nutrients effectively.

From Science Daily

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