Past tense of shorten
regular verb
The past tense of shorten is shortened. The past participle is also shortened.
Forms of shorten
| Base form (V1) | shorten /ˈʃɔːtn̩/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shortened /ˈʃɔːtənd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | shortened /ˈʃɔːtənd/ |
| Present participle | shortening |
| Third person singular | shortens |
Shortened in a sentence
- The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.1958 November, “The Why and the Wherefore: South Eastern & Chatham Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 809
- Anne and Leslie had another cry the next week when they shortened Little Jem.1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams
- The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.From the entry pinnate
- After the Apollo 13 accident, the transearth injection burn shortened the return time by about 9 hours.From the entry transearth
- Shortened from maxiature, ultimately from Latin maximus ("large").From the entry ultimately
Meaning of shorten
- verb To make shorter; to abbreviate.
- verb To become shorter.
- verb To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
Questions about the past tense of shorten
- What is the past tense of shorten?
- The past tense of shorten is shortened.
- What is the past participle of shorten?
- The past participle of shorten is shortened.
- Is shorten a regular or irregular verb?
- Shorten is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shorten (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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