shorten

kürzen, verkürzen

Etwas in seiner Länge oder Dauer verringern oder selbst kürzer werden.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: shorten something by something (She shortened the skirt by five centimeters.); shorten something to something (Please shorten your speech to ten minutes.)

Synonyme: reduce, cut, abridge

Gegenteile: lengthen, extend

Häufige Wendungen: shorten a skirt, shorten the journey, shorten a speech

verringern, reduzieren

Die Menge oder Anzahl von etwas kleiner machen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: reduce, decrease, lessen

Gegenteile: increase

Häufige Wendungen: shorten the allowance, shorten the supply