Shortened

//ˈʃɔɹtənd//

Synonyms for "shortened" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

abbreviated abridged abstracted aphoristic aposiopestic bobbed brief brittle brusque capsule capsulized clipped close

Adjective(1 words)

abbreviated

Adjective(1 words)

apocopate

Strong matches (21)

compact compendious compressed concise condensed contracted crisp cropped curt curtailed cut cut short digested docked elided elliptic elliptical epigrammatic gnomic laconic

Adjective(1 words)

cut

Related words (35)

mowed mown nipped pithy pointed pollard polled pruned reaped reserved sawed off scarce sententious shaved sheared short short and sweet short-cut snub snubbed

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spartan succinct summary synopsized taciturn telescoped terse tight to the point trimmed truncated

Adjective(4 words)

sawed-off sawn-off telescoped truncated

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abbreviated sawed off telescoped

form of

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shorten

related to

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shorten

similar

3 entries

abridged short

Sample sentences

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The fire and power outage resulted in a shortened workday at some exchanges in Manhattan's financial district.

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It was shortened with advantage.

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I must have it shortened.

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I felt as if my life had been shortened.

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