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Meaning of SHORTENED

Pronunciation:  sh'ortund

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
  2. [adj]  cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
  3. [adj]  shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
  4. [adj]  cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
 
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 Synonyms: abbreviated, abridged, cut, sawed-off, sawn-off, short, telescoped, truncated
 

 

 

 

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