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- [shawrt-ning, shawr-tn-ing]
- /ˈʃɔrt nɪŋ, ˈʃɔr tn ɪŋ/
- /ˈʃɔː.tən.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shawrt-ning, shawr-tn-ing]
- /ˈʃɔrt nɪŋ, ˈʃɔr tn ɪŋ/
Definitions of shortening word
- noun shortening butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short. 1
- noun shortening Phonetics. the act, process, or an instance of making or becoming short. 1
- noun shortening Linguistics. the act or process of dropping one or more syllables from a word or phrase to form a shorter word with the same meaning, as in forming piano from pianoforte or phone from telephone. clipped form. 1
- verb with object shortening to make short or shorter. 1
- verb with object shortening to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail. 1
- verb with object shortening to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat. 1
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Origin of shortening
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1535-45; shorten + -ing1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shortening
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shortening popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shortening usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shortening
noun shortening
- butter — Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- ghee — a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- lard — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
Antonyms for shortening
noun shortening
- amplification — the act or result of amplifying
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- broadening — The act of becoming broader.
- dilatation — a dilated formation or part.
- distension — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
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