The meaning of SHORTENING is the action or process of making or becoming short; specifically : the dropping of the latter part of a word so as to produce a new and shorter word of the same meaning.
Synonyms for SHORTENING: abridgement, abbreviation, curtailment, contracting, contraction, squeezing, compression, condensing; Antonyms of SHORTENING: expansion, dispersion, decompression, scattering, dilation, dissipation, inflation, swelling
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The meaning of SHORTENING is the action or process of making or becoming short; specifically : the dropping of the latter part of a word so as to produce a new and shorter word of the same meaning.