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41shorten — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. curtail, abridge, abbreviate, condense, compress, shrink, reduce, decrease, cut short, cut, pare down; see also decrease 2 . Syn. shorten implies reduction in length, extent, or duration [ to shorten a rope, a visit, one s… …
42short´en|er — short|en «SHR tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to make shorter; cut off: »to shorten the working day. The new highway shortens the trip. She has had all her dresses shortened. Envy and wrath shorten the life (Ecclesiasticus 30:24). 2. to make seem… …
43short|en — «SHR tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to make shorter; cut off: »to shorten the working day. The new highway shortens the trip. She has had all her dresses shortened. Envy and wrath shorten the life (Ecclesiasticus 30:24). 2. to make seem shorter:… …
44shorten — shortener, n. /shawr tn/, v.t. 1. to make short or shorter. 2. to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail. 3. to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat. 4. Sports. choke (def. 8). v.i. 5. to bec …
45condense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. abridge, digest, abbreviate, shorten, cut, epitomize; compress, compact, thicken, concentrate, distill. See density, shortness, contraction, liquefaction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To compress] Syn.… …
46curtail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shorten, clip, cut, abbreviate; abate, diminish, reduce, lessen, abridge; deprive. See shortness, decrease, discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shorten, diminish, reduce, abridge; see decrease… …
47abbreviated — UK [əˈbriːvɪˌeɪtɪd] / US [əˈbrɪvɪˌeɪtɪd] adjective shorter because some parts have been removed an abbreviated version of the text Derived word: abbreviate verb transitive Word forms abbreviate : present tense I/you/we/they abbreviate he/she/it… …
48shorten — short•en [[t]ˈʃɔr tn[/t]] v. t. 1) to make short or shorter 2) to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail[/ex] 3) coo to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat 4) to become short or shorter 5) (of odds) to decrease …
49shorten — verb (shortened; shortening) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to reduce the length or duration of b. to cause to seem short 2. a. to reduce in power or efficiency < is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard …
50Axiom of choice — This article is about the mathematical concept. For the band named after it, see Axiom of Choice (band). In mathematics, the axiom of choice, or AC, is an axiom of set theory stating that for every family of nonempty sets there exists a family of …
