inkorten — meaning in English

English meaning

• abbreviate verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
• abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• prune noun A dried plum.
• truncate verb To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

Senses

inkorten is used for these senses in English:

• abbreviate (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• abridge (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]
• abridge (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. [First attested in 1384] [First attested around 1350–1470]
• prune (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
• truncate (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

abbreviate — full definition

1. verb To shorten by omitting parts or details.
2. verb To speak or write in a brief manner.
3. verb To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
4. verb To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.

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.

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