shorten

kısaltmak, kısalmak

Bir şeyin uzunluğunu azaltmak veya daha kısa hâle gelmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make something less long, or to become less long.

• Can you shorten these trousers?
• We shortened the meeting by half an hour.
• The days shorten as winter approaches.

Nasıl kullanılır: shorten something by something (She shortened the skirt by five centimeters.); shorten something to something (Please shorten your speech to ten minutes.)

Eş anlamlılar: reduce, cut, abridge

Zıt anlamlılar: lengthen, extend

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shorten a skirt, shorten the journey, shorten a speech

azaltmak, kısmak

Bir şeyin miktarını daha az hâle getirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make the amount or quantity of something smaller.

• They shortened the sailors’ food allowance.
• The captain shortened their daily ration again.
• Poor harvests had shortened the supply of grain.

Eş anlamlılar: reduce, decrease, lessen

Zıt anlamlılar: increase

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shorten the allowance, shorten the supply