Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overshorten
Participle: overshortened
Gerund: overshortening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overshorten |
| you | overshorten |
| he;she;it | overshortens |
| we | overshorten |
| you | overshorten |
| they | overshorten |
Perfect
| I | have overshortened |
| you | have overshortened |
| he;she;it | has overshortened |
| we | have overshortened |
| you | have overshortened |
| they | have overshortened |
Past
| I | overshortened |
| you | overshortened |
| he;she;it | overshortened |
| we | overshortened |
| you | overshortened |
| they | overshortened |
Pluperfect
| I | had overshortened |
| you | had overshortened |
| he;she;it | had overshortened |
| we | had overshortened |
| you | had overshortened |
| they | had overshortened |
Future
| I | will overshorten |
| you | will overshorten |
| he;she;it | will overshorten |
| we | will overshorten |
| you | will overshorten |
| they | will overshorten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overshortened |
| you | will have overshortened |
| he;she;it | will have overshortened |
| we | will have overshortened |
| you | will have overshortened |
| they | will have overshortened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overshorten |
| you | overshorten |
| he;she;it | overshorten |
| we | overshorten |
| you | overshorten |
| they | overshorten |
Perfect
| I | have overshortened |
| you | have overshortened |
| he;she;it | have overshortened |
| we | have overshortened |
| you | have overshortened |
| they | have overshortened |
Imperfect
| I | overshortened |
| you | overshortened |
| he;she;it | overshortened |
| we | overshortened |
| you | overshortened |
| they | overshortened |
Pluperfect
| I | had overshortened |
| you | had overshortened |
| he;she;it | had overshortened |
| we | had overshortened |
| you | had overshortened |
| they | had overshortened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overshorten |
| you | would overshorten |
| he;she;it | would overshorten |
| we | would overshorten |
| you | would overshorten |
| they | would overshorten |
Perfect
| I | would have overshortened |
| you | would have overshortened |
| he;she;it | would have overshortened |
| we | would have overshortened |
| you | would have overshortened |
| they | would have overshortened |
Imperative
| you | overshorten |
| we | Let's overshorten |
| you | overshorten |
Verbs conjugated like 'overshorten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overshorten'
oversharpen,
oversoften,
foreshorten,
forshorten,
overharden,
overscore,
overscreen,
overshare,
overshoot,
overstore,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + shorten.
Sample Sentences
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This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it. [1936, Harold Vincent Marrot, editor, The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy, 2nd revised edition, Heinemann, page 696:]