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сократи́ть — meaning in English

sokratit

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English meaning

  • abbreviate verb To make something shorter by leaving out some parts.
  • cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  • 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.
  • dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
  • shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

сократи́ть 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).]
  • cancel (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
  • 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.
  • dock (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
  • downsize (transitive) To reduce the workforce of.
  • shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
  • trim (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

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 recognise.

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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