krátit — meaning in English

English meaning

• abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.

Senses

krátit is used for these senses in English:

• abridge (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]
• cancel (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.

abridge — full definition

1. verb To deprive; to cut off.
2. verb To debar from.
3. verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4. verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

cancel — full definition

1. verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
2. verb To make something officially invalid.
3. verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
4. verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

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