Definisi 'shorten'
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English to English verb
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make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration |  | Example: He shortened his trip due to illness
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |  | Example: The manuscript must be shortened
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make short or shorter |  | Example: shorten the skirt shorten the rope by a few inches
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become short or shorter |  | Example: In winter, the days shorten
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |  | Example: bowdlerize a novel
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To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. |  | source: webster1913
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To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. |  | source: webster1913
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More Word(s) contraction, abridgement, abridgment, capsule, condensation, lengthen, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, castration, expurgation, shortener, abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, decrease, alter, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, concentrate, edit, edit out,
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