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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

Verb

1. to cut short: the opening round was curtailed by heavy rain

2. to restrict: a plan to curtail drinks advertising [obsolete curtal to dock]

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

Translations

curtail [kəːˈteɪl] vt (= cut short) → acortar (= restrict); restringir

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curtail [kəːˈteɪl] vt [+ visit etc] → écourter [+ expenses etc]; réduire

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curtail [kəːˈteɪl] vt → einschränken;

(visit etc) → abkürzen

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curtail [kəːˈteɪl] vt [+ visit etc] → accorciare [+ expenses etc]; ridurre, decurtare

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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 줄이다 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 截短 урізування; скорочення اختصار، كمى، تخفيف sự rút gọn 截短