English Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition shorten in British English

shorten verb

[intransitive/transitive] verb
/ˈʃɔː(r)t(ə)n/
1

to become shorter, or to make something shorter

Example

a proposal to shorten the long summer holidays

Synonyms and related words
Definition shorten in British English