Shortened (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use".
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All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 2
Cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation".
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All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 3
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".
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All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 4
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The shortened version of the play was performed for the students to accommodate their attention span.
- The chef used a shortened knife for peeling and dicing small ingredients.
- Due to technical issues, the network broadcast a shortened version of the debate.
- After editing, the novel's draft had a shortened plot that eliminated several minor characters.
- The website had a shortened link that was easy to share on social media platforms.