curtail (redirected from curtailing)

cur·tail  (kr-tl)

tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails

To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten.

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[Middle English curtailen, to restrict, probably blend of Old French courtauld, docked; see curtal, and Middle English taillen, to cut (from Old French tailler; see tailor).]

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cur·tailer n.

cur·tailment n.

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curtail [kɜːˈteɪl]

vb

(tr) to cut short; abridge

[changed (through influence of tail¹) from obsolete curtal to dock; see curtal]

curtailer  n

curtailment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	curtail - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" restrict, curb, cut back circumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression" immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
	2.	curtail - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" cut short, clip shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"

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curtail

verb reduce, cut, diminish, decrease, dock, cut back, shorten, lessen, cut short, pare down, retrench NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region. The celebrations had to be curtailed because of bad weather.

Translations

curtail [kɜːˈteɪl] VT (= restrict) → restringir; (= cut short) → acortar, abreviar; (= reduce) [+ expenditure] → reducir

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curtail [kɜː^rˈteɪl] vt

(= cut short) [+ visit, holiday] → écourter

(= restrict) [+ activities, freedom] → entraver

(= cut back) [+ expenses] → réduire

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curtail

vt → kürzen

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curtail [kɜːˈteɪl] vt (visit) → accorciare; (wages, expenditure) → ridurre, decurtare, tagliare

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curtail [kɜːˈteɪl] vt (visit) → accorciare; (wages, expenditure) → ridurre, decurtare, tagliare

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curtail

v curtail [kəˈteil]

make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended) I've had to curtail my visit. verkort, inkort يُقَصِّر съкращавам zkrátit afkorte; begrænse verkürzen συντομεύω, κάνω κτ. μικρότερο acortar, restringir kärpima, piirama کوتاه کردن؛ خلاصه کردن supistaa écourter לְקָצֵר कम करना skratiti (le)rövidít mempersingkat stytta; minnka abbreviare 切り詰める 단축하다 sutrumpinti, sumažinti samazināt; saīsināt memendekkan bekorten gjøre kortere, innskrenke, skjære ned (på) skracać encurtar a scurta сокращать skrátiť skrajšati skratiti korta av, minska ย่อ kısaltmak, kısa kesmek 縮減，縮短 скорочувати; урізати مختصر كرنا، كم كرنا rút gọn 缩短

n curˈtailment

inkorting تَقْصـيـر съкращение zkrácení afkortning; begrænsning die Verkürzung περικοπή acortamiento, restricción piiramine مختصر سازی supistus raccourcissement קִצוּר काट छांट skraćenje, ograničenje megnyirbálás penyingkatan stytting; minnkun abbreviazione 短縮 단축 sutrumpinimas, sumažinimas samazināšana; saīsinājums penyingkatan bekorting avkortning, forkortelse skrócenie encurtamento scurtare сокращение skrátenie skrajšanje skraćenje avkortning การย่อ kısaltma, kısa kesme 縮減，縮短 урізування; скорочення اختصار، كمى، تخفيف sự rút gọn 截短