Shorten

//ˈʃɔːtn̩//

Synonyms for "shorten" (153 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (46)

Related words (76)

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Antonyms

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related to

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Translations

109 translations across 46 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βραχύνω verb (to make shorter)

Arabic

1 entries
  • قَصَّرَ verb (to make shorter)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կարճացնել verb (to make shorter)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • shcurtedz verb (to make shorter)

Assamese

4 entries
  • চাপৰ কৰা verb (to make shorter)
  • চাপৰ হোৱা verb (to become shorter)
  • চুটি কৰা verb (to make shorter)
  • চুটি হোৱা verb (to become shorter)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • скараці́ць verb (to make shorter)
  • скарача́ць verb (to make shorter)

Breton

2 entries
  • berraat verb (to make shorter)
  • berraat verb (to become shorter)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • скъсявам verb (to make shorter)
  • скъсявам се verb (to become shorter)
  • съкращавам verb (to make shorter)

Catalan

2 entries
  • escurçar verb (to make shorter)
  • escurçar-se verb (to become shorter)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏍᏆᎶᎦ verb (to become shorter)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 弄短 verb (to make shorter)
  • 縮短 /缩短 verb (to become shorter)

Czech

2 entries
  • zkracovat verb (to make shorter)
  • zkrátit verb (to make shorter)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • mallongigi verb (to make shorter)

Finnish

3 entries
  • lyhentyä verb (to become shorter)
  • lyhentää verb (to make shorter)
  • lyhetä verb (to become shorter)

French

4 entries
  • raccourcir verb (to make shorter)
  • raccourcir verb (to become shorter)
  • s'écourter verb (to become shorter)
  • écourter verb (to make shorter)

Friulian

1 entries
  • scurtâ verb (to make shorter)

Galician

3 entries
  • acurtar verb (to make shorter)
  • acurtar verb (to become shorter)
  • encurtar verb (to make shorter)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შეკვეცა verb (to make shorter)
  • შემოკლება verb (to make shorter)

German

2 entries
  • kürzer werden verb (to become shorter)
  • verkürzen verb (to make shorter)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make shorter)

Greek

1 entries
  • συμπτύσσω verb (to make shorter)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קיצר verb (to make shorter)

Ido

2 entries
  • kurteskar verb (to become shorter)
  • kurtigar verb (to make shorter)

Irish

2 entries
  • giorraigh verb (to make shorter)
  • giorraigh verb (to become shorter)

Italian

1 entries
  • accorciarescorciare verb (to make shorter)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 短くする verb (to make shorter)
  • 短くなる verb (to become shorter)
  • 短縮する verb (to make shorter)
  • 縮む verb (to become shorter)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қысқарту verb (to make shorter)

Ladin

1 entries
  • scurter verb (to make shorter)

Latin

3 entries
  • abbreviō verb (to make shorter)
  • breviō verb (to make shorter)
  • curtō verb (to make shorter)

Latvian

3 entries
  • paīsināt verb (to make shorter)
  • saīsināt verb (to make shorter)
  • īsināt verb (to make shorter)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • крати verb (to make shorter)
  • куси verb (to make shorter)
  • скратува verb (to make shorter)
  • скусува verb (to make shorter)

Māori

4 entries
  • poro verb (to make shorter)
  • tauporo verb (to make shorter)
  • tukupoto verb (to make shorter)
  • tāpoto verb (to make shorter)

Norman

1 entries
  • accourchi verb (to make shorter)

Polish

4 entries
  • skracać verb (to make shorter)
  • skracać się verb (to become shorter)
  • skrócić verb (to make shorter)
  • skrócić się verb (to become shorter)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • encurtar verb (to make shorter)
  • encurtar verb (to become shorter)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scurta verb (to make shorter)

Russian

4 entries
  • сократи́ть verb (to make shorter)
  • сократи́ться verb (to become shorter)
  • сокраща́ть verb (to make shorter)
  • сокраща́ться verb (to become shorter)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • giorraich verb (to make shorter)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • skratiti verb (to make shorter)
  • skratiti se verb (to become shorter)
  • скратити verb (to make shorter)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • accurzari verb (to make shorter)
  • accurzàrisi verb (to become shorter)
  • strincìrisi verb (to become shorter)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abreviar verb (to make shorter)
  • acortar verb (to make shorter)
  • acortarse verb (to become shorter)
  • acorzar verb (to make shorter)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • syatu verb (to make shorter)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förkorta verb (to make shorter)
  • kortna verb (to become shorter)

Tamil

4 entries
  • குறுகு verb (to become shorter)
  • குறுக்கு verb (to make shorter)
  • குறை verb (to make shorter)
  • குறை verb (to become shorter)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • скоро́чувати verb (to make shorter)
  • скороти́ти verb (to make shorter)

Welsh

2 entries
  • byrhau verb (to make shorter)
  • cwtogi verb (to make shorter)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.

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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late.

Source: tatoeba (277361)

How can you shorten this cable?

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This way we can shorten the distance.

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