Verb

• S: (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
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• S: (v) decrease, lessen, minify (make smaller) "He decreased his staff"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) abridgement [Related to: abridge] (a shortened version of a written work)
• W: (n) abridger [Related to: abridge] (one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work)
• W: (n) abbreviator [Related to: abbreviate] (one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work)
• W: (n) shortener [Related to: shorten] (any agent that shortens) "alcohol is a great shortener of life"
• W: (n) contraction [Related to: contract] (the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)
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• S: (v) foreshorten (shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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