lyhentää — meaning in English

English meaning

• abbreviate verb To make something shorter by leaving out some parts.
• abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
• truncate verb To make something shorter by cutting a part off the end.

Senses

lyhentää 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]
• curtail (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
• shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
• truncate (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

abbreviate — full definition

1. verb To make something shorter by leaving out some parts.
2. verb To speak or write briefly.
3. verb To make something take less time than was planned.
4. verb To shorten a word or phrase into a shorter form that people can still recognize.

abridge — full definition

1. verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
2. verb To stop someone from having or doing something.
3. verb To make something shorter in length or time.
4. verb To make a piece of writing shorter while keeping its main meaning.

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