Object

• lifespan: Refrain from sex: In many species, having sex seems to shorten lifespan.

• expectancy: RA may also shorten life expectancy by affecting major organ systems.

• time-to-deployment: New products and channel relationships will shorten the time-to-deployment of increasingly common speech apps in defined industries and functional areas.

• duration: Every time you push the bottom left button you'll shorten the duration of a note.

• version: Antonio 63 Bus is a shortened version of which word?

• span: It will shorten the life span of your furniture dramatically.

Modifying Another Word

• considerably: Actual lease terms have shortened considerably during the last ten years.

• dramatically: Its use of the BASIC language with inbuilt control instructions can dramatically shorten industrial development time.

• significantly: Patient stay in hospital was significantly shortened - by an average of more than 10 days per patient.

• slightly: Here is a slightly shortened version of her editorial.

• substantially: This has substantially shortened the traditional clean up time.

• thus: Reduced melt temperature is another benefit, lowering crystallization and cooling times and thus shortening cycles, and also saving energy costs.

Followed by a transitive particle

• up: Most short priced horses shorten up nearer the race time.

Used with why or when

• when: It extended as I went back, only to shorten when pulling me back in.

Infinitive complement

• make: The original interview was shortened to make room for additional material when it was republished on Ford's death - the version used here.

Present participle complement

• accord: The itinerary can be lengthened or shortened according to your own preferences.

• wait: She has questioned ways of getting health treatment abroad to shorten waiting lists in 1996 as Radio 4's You and Your's Europe Reporter.

Preposition: in

• length: Soft actuators are only able to perform work as they shorten in length.

Preposition: for

• group: Duration: 1½ hours ( can be shortened for younger groups ) Charge: £ 3.25 per child.

Preposition: by

• inch: The following year, the model was shortened by 1/4 inch.