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shorten1/7
'ʃɔːt(ə)nVerbукорачивать; сокращатьExamples

to shorten a dress — укоротить платье
to shorten delivery dates — сокращать сроки поставки
to shorten their stay at the castle — сократить время их пребывания в замке

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shorten

verb
Basic forms
Pastshortened
Imperativeshorten
Present Participle (Participle I)shortening
Past Participle (Participle II)shortened
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I shortenwe shorten
you shortenyou shorten
he/she/it shortensthey shorten
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am shorteningwe are shortening
you are shorteningyou are shortening
he/she/it is shorteningthey are shortening
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have shortenedwe have shortened
you have shortenedyou have shortened
he/she/it has shortenedthey have shortened
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been shorteningwe have been shortening
you have been shorteningyou have been shortening
he/she/it has been shorteningthey have been shortening
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I shortenedwe shortened
you shortenedyou shortened
he/she/it shortenedthey shortened
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was shorteningwe were shortening
you were shorteningyou were shortening
he/she/it was shorteningthey were shortening
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had shortenedwe had shortened
you had shortenedyou had shortened
he/she/it had shortenedthey had shortened
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been shorteningwe had been shortening
you had been shorteningyou had been shortening
he/she/it had been shorteningthey had been shortening
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will shortenwe shall/will shorten
you will shortenyou will shorten
he/she/it will shortenthey will shorten
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be shorteningwe shall/will be shortening
you will be shorteningyou will be shortening
he/she/it will be shorteningthey will be shortening
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have shortenedwe shall/will have shortened
you will have shortenedyou will have shortened
he/she/it will have shortenedthey will have shortened
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been shorteningwe shall/will have been shortening
you will have been shorteningyou will have been shortening
he/she/it will have been shorteningthey will have been shortening
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would shortenwe should/would shorten
you would shortenyou would shorten
he/she/it would shortenthey would shorten
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be shorteningwe should/would be shortening
you would be shorteningyou would be shortening
he/she/it would be shorteningthey would be shortening
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have shortenedwe should/would have shortened
you would have shortenedyou would have shortened
he/she/it would have shortenedthey would have shortened
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been shorteningwe should/would have been shortening
you would have been shorteningyou would have been shortening
he/she/it would have been shorteningthey would have been shortening
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am shortenedwe are shortened
you are shortenedyou are shortened
he/she/it is shortenedthey are shortened
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being shortenedwe are being shortened
you are being shortenedyou are being shortened
he/she/it is being shortenedthey are being shortened
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been shortenedwe have been shortened
you have been shortenedyou have been shortened
he/she/it has been shortenedthey have been shortened
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was shortenedwe were shortened
you were shortenedyou were shortened
he/she/it was shortenedthey were shortened
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being shortenedwe were being shortened
you were being shortenedyou were being shortened
he/she/it was being shortenedthey were being shortened
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been shortenedwe had been shortened
you had been shortenedyou had been shortened
he/she/it had been shortenedthey had been shortened
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be shortenedwe shall/will be shortened
you will be shortenedyou will be shortened
he/she/it will be shortenedthey will be shortened
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been shortenedwe shall/will have been shortened
you will have been shortenedyou will have been shortened
he/she/it will have been shortenedthey will have been shortened