shorten

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

short·en [shorten shortens shortened shortening] BrE [ˈʃɔːtn] NAmE [ˈʃɔːrtn] verb transitive, intransitive
to make sth shorter; to become shorter
•~ (sth) Injury problems could shorten his career.
•a shortened version of the game
•In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
•~ sth to sth Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kay.
Opp: ↑lengthen
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•The course has now been shortened considerably.
•The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.
•In November the temperature drops and the days shorten.
•Katherine generally shortens her name to Kay.
•The distance between the cars shortened.
•They performed a shortened version of the play in just 40 minutes.
•They say that each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by five minutes.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  lengthen, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate