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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to shorten:   (184 results)

Antonyms:
lengthen

Often used in the same context:
lengthen, prolong, reduce, extend, simplify, accelerate, streamline, improve, truncate, expedite, modify, optimize, lessen, alter, interrupt, elongate, enhance, delay, minimize, abbreviate, curtail, postpone, rearrange, widen, complicate, maximize, eliminate, standardize, hinder, reevaluate, adjust, rework, steepen, compress, pare, intensify, disrupt, facilitate, restrict, expand, broaden, condense, readjust, diminish, protract, constrict, shrink, strengthen, reschedule, impede, hasten, whittle, parallelize, suspend, allow, shave, reroute, elapses, tighten, decreasing, amend, stagger, lasts, speeded, halve, automate, reconsider, recalculate, lighten, tweak, normalize, individualise, limiting, toughen, smoothen, realign, add, reexamine, overstaff, cut, loosen, sharpen, rethink, weaken, enlarge, slows, skip, terminate, refine, unclutter, initiate, reword, hamper, straighten, deepen, reassess, winnow, localize, defer, reclose, thicken, discontinue, backwards, downwards, forwards, outwards, thickens, commence, counterclockwise, diminishes, enlarges, ensues, inwards, one, outward, terminates, upwards, admits, affidavit, alters, anterior, appendix, clock, shortened, frustrating, hours, shorter, slack, awake, busy, cainozoic, circadian, cpu, enjoyable, evaluated, expiratory, four, glacial, h, half, hectic, hercynian

More specific:
bowdlerise, bowdlerize, clip, concentrate, condense, curtail, cut, cut short, expurgate, foreshorten, syncopate

Appears in the definition of:
abbreviate, bob, cut, dock, foreshorten, hospitalization, school term, tail

More general:
abbreviate, abridge, alter, change, contract, cut, decrease, diminish, fall, foreshorten, lessen, minify, reduce

Synonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, contract, cut, expurgate, foreshorten, reduce

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