shorten

Definition

Examples

The new highway will shorten the delivery time by almost two hours.

Word Family

Synonyms

• abbreviatereduce in scope while retaining essential elements
• curtailplace restrictions on
• condenseundergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

Collocations

• Easy shorten a pair of pants
  to shorten a pair of pants, meaning to make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
• Medium shorten meeting times to boost productivity
  to shorten meeting times to boost productivity, meaning to make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
• Hard shorten supply chain lead times through nearshoring
  to shorten supply chain lead times through nearshoring, meaning to make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
• Very Hard drastically shorten the lifecycle of obsolete technological paradigms
  describing drastically shorten the lifecycle of obsolete technological paradigms (in a drastic manner)