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We found 34 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word shorten:
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 General (29 matching dictionaries)
- shorten: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- shorten: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
- shorten: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- Shorten, shorten: Wordnik [home, info]
- shorten: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
- Shorten: Wiktionary [home, info]
- shorten: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- shorten: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- shorten: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- shorten (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Shorten: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Shorten: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- shorten: Rhymezone [home, info]
- shorten: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- shorten: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- shorten: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- shorten: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- shorten: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
- Shorten: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
- Shorten: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- Shorten, shorten: online medical dictionary [home, info]
Sports (1 matching dictionary)
- Shorten, Shorten: Gambling Glossary [home, info]
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Quick definitions from Macmillan ()
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Quick definitions from WordNet (shorten)
▸ verb: become short or shorter ( "In winter, the days shorten")
▸ verb: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration ( "He shortened his trip due to illness")
▸ verb: make short or shorter ( "Shorten the skirt")
▸ verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements ( "The manuscript must be shortened")
▸ verb: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #54245)
▸ Word origin
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