Meaning

1 senses

  1. To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short.

Origin

From over- + shorten.

From over- + shorten.

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Forms

overshortens, overshortening, overshortened, overshortened
Base formovershorten · to overshorten
3rd person singularovershortens
Present participleovershortening
Past simpleovershortened
Past participleovershortened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovershorten
he, she, itovershortens

Past simpleLesson

all personsovershortened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overshortened
he, she, ithas overshortened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overshorten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overseasB2overseeC1oversensitiveovershadowB2oversightoversimplifyoversizeB2
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