Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "shortened" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of shorten. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Use "shortened" in a sentence
  • "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened_. ""
  • "After serving a quarter of his sentence, Katsav could become eligible for short furloughs and even apply to have his term shortened."
  • "Only in the sixth edition published in 1872 was the title shortened to exclude the “on” as a capitulation to reality since so many people by that point had already been misquoting the title."