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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shortener en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃɔɹtənɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈʃɔːtənə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From shorten + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, shortens.
    • This is the only place in the OneNote family of apps where you can see Microsoft's link shortener in action. When you click or tap one of the Create buttons, you'll see a Shorten item on the pop-up window that appears; click or tap that button to get a much shorter link to share. 2013, James H. Russell, OneNote 2013 For Dummies, page 147:

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