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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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shorten

/ˈʃɔːt(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʃɔːt(ə)n/
shorten
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

shor - ten -> shorten

Myanmar meaning

(v) တိုအောင်လုပ်သည်။ (စာပိုဒ် ဇတ်ညွှန်း စသည်ကို) လိုရင်း အဓိပ္ပါယ် မပြောက်စေပဲ စာလုံးရေ လျှော့သည်။ shortens, shortened, shortening

Full entry

shorten /'ʃↄ:tn/ v

တို(လာ၊ သွား)သည်။ တိုစေသည်။
take two links out of the chain to shorten it ❍ a shortened version of a talk ❍ shorten one's journey by several miles ❍ The days are beginning to shorten (ie There are fewer hours of DAYLIGHT). Compare LENGTHEN

More examples
  • A proposal to shorten the long summer holidays
Synonyms
cut down, cut, curtail, abbreviate, abridge, condense, blue pencil, bob, boil down, chop, clip, compress, contract, cut back, cut to the bone, decrease, diminish, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, make a long story short, minimize, put in a nutshell, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, take up, telescope, trim, truncate
Antonyms
amplify, develop, elongate, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, raise, strengthen, stretch
Cross references
cut downcutcurtailabbreviateabridgecondenseblue pencilbobboil downchopclipcompresscontractcut backcut to the bonedecreasediminishdockeditelideexcerptlessenlopmake a long story shortminimizeput in a nutshellreduceretrench
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