verkürzen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
- abridgment noun The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
- contract noun A written or spoken agreement, especially one intended to be enforceable by law.
- 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.
Senses
verkürzen is used for these senses in English:
- 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]
- abridgment (dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
- contract (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- curtail (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
- cut short (transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
- shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
abridge — full definition
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
abridgment — full definition
- noun The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
- noun The state of being abridged or lessened.
- noun An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
- noun That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly