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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
shortened
1. cut short (Freq. 1)
- a sawed-off shotgun
- a sawed-off broomstick
- the shortened rope was easier to use
• Syn:
sawed-off, sawn-off
• Similar to:
short
2. cut short in duration
- the abbreviated speech
- her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
- an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
• Syn:
abbreviated, truncated
• Similar to:
short
3. with parts removed
- the drastically cut film
• Syn:
cut
• Similar to:
abridged
4. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
- a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
- years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
• Syn:
telescoped
• Similar to:
short
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