shortened
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Is shortened a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of shortened?
Definition
verb (English)
1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or durationExamples: "He shortened his trip due to illness"Synonyms: shortenAntonyms: lengthen
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elementsExamples: "The manuscript must be shortened"Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shortenAntonyms: expand
3. make short or shorterExamples: "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"Synonyms: shorten
4. become short or shorterExamples: "In winter, the days shorten"Synonyms: shortenAntonyms: lengthen
5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicateExamples: "bowdlerize a novel"Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten
adjective satellite (English)
1. cut shortExamples: "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"Synonyms: sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
2. cut short in durationExamples: "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"Synonyms: abbreviated, shortened, truncated
3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into anotherExamples: "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"Synonyms: shortened, telescoped
4. with parts removedExamples: "the drastically cut film"Synonyms: cut, shortened
Definition source: Wiktionary