shortened form
noun
an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
a contraction or abbreviation.
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How to use shortened form in a sentence
Careful speakers pronounce been like bean, not like bin; most speakers, however, use the shortened form in ordinary speech.
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter RippmannHe may incite to greater devotion by a shortened form of Evening Prayer or by popular Vespers.
Our Lady Saint Mary | J. G. H. BarryThe service was a shortened form of evensong, interspersed with many hymns.
Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan | Frances Halton Eva HasellBut at a very early period it was thought that Johns book, for example, was a shortened form of John his book.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book | C. Alphonso SmithThe “brake-fern” (Pteris aquilina) is the common “bracken,” and is a shortened form of that northern Eng.
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