shorten

/ˈʃɔːrtn/

意味: 短くする

例文: June shortened the cake fork handles.
　　  ジューンはケーキフォークの柄を短くした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: shorten a skirt (スカートを短くする), shorten a meeting (会議を短くする), shorten a name (名前を短くする)

定義: 何かを短くすること、または時間を短くすることを意味します。たとえば、物の長さを短くしたり、時間を短縮したりすることができます。

shortenは約400,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
Verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Verb: make short or shorter
Verb: become short or shorter
Verb: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

We need to shorten the meeting time today.(今日は会議の時間を短くする必要があります。)
Can you shorten this dress for me?(このドレスを短くしてもらえますか？)
The editor will shorten the article before publishing.(編集者は公開前に記事を短くします。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: He shortened his trip due to illness
Verb: The manuscript must be shortened
Verb: shorten the skirt
Verb: shorten the rope by a few inches
Verb: In winter, the days shorten
Verb: bowdlerize a novel

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abbreviate, abridge, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, contract, cut, expurgate, foreshorten, reduce, shorten

Antonyms(反意語): expand, lengthen

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): abridge, change, decrease, reduce

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abate, abridge, accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, boil down, bowdlerize, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, cut, damage, darken, de-emphasize, de-escalate, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decline, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, decrescendo, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, depreciate, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digest, digitize, diminish, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, downsize, draw, drop off, dry, dull, dwindle, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, limit, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, minimize, mitigate, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, pare, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, quench, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remit, remodel, restore, retrench, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shave, shift, shorten, shrink, shrivel, simplify, slack, slake, slash, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, spill, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, subtract, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suppress, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, take away, tame, taper, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, thin, thin out, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, turn down, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, vanish, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wane, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bowdlerize, clip, cut, digest, foreshorten, syncopate, truncate

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: Bowdler, abbreviator, abridgement, abridger, bowdlerisation, bowdleriser, bowdlerization, bowdlerizer, castration, contraction, expurgation, expurgator, shortener, shortening

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

TOEIC500

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: