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preshorten

preshorten verb: to shorten in advance.

Verb

preshorten (third-person singular simple present preshortens, present participle preshortening, simple past and past participle preshortened)

  1. (transitive) To shorten in advance.

Forms of preshorten

third-person singular presentpreshortens
present participlepreshortening
past participlepreshortened
pastpreshortened

Origin of preshorten

From pre- + shorten.

Questions about preshorten

What does preshorten mean?
Preshorten means to shorten in advance.
What part of speech is preshorten?
Preshorten is a verb.
What is the past tense of preshorten?
The past tense of preshorten is preshortened.

Words near preshorten in the dictionary

  1. preshifts
  2. preshipment
  3. preshipping
  4. preshock
  5. preshortage
  6. preshorten
  7. preshortened
  8. preshortening
  9. preshortens
  10. preshot
  11. preshow

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