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Shortened Definition

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of shorten.

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Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • compressed
  • abbreviated
  • shrunken
  • condensed
  • curtailed
  • abridged
  • reduced
  • cut
  • bobbed
  • chopped
  • circumscribed
  • clipped
  • confined
  • deprived
  • diminished
Antonyms:
  • Antonyms:
  • lengthened
  • increased
  • grown
  • elongated
  • enlarged
  • amplified

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Words Starting With

SSHSHO

Words Ending With

DEDNED

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With S and Ending With D

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Words Near Shortened in the Dictionary

  • short-eared-owl
  • short-end-of-the-stick
  • shorted
  • shorted out
  • shorten
  • shortenable
  • shortened
  • shortened form
  • shortener
  • shortening
  • shortens
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