Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foreshorten
Participle: foreshortened
Gerund: foreshortening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foreshorten |
| you | foreshorten |
| he;she;it | foreshortens |
| we | foreshorten |
| you | foreshorten |
| they | foreshorten |
Perfect
| I | have foreshortened |
| you | have foreshortened |
| he;she;it | has foreshortened |
| we | have foreshortened |
| you | have foreshortened |
| they | have foreshortened |
Past
| I | foreshortened |
| you | foreshortened |
| he;she;it | foreshortened |
| we | foreshortened |
| you | foreshortened |
| they | foreshortened |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreshortened |
| you | had foreshortened |
| he;she;it | had foreshortened |
| we | had foreshortened |
| you | had foreshortened |
| they | had foreshortened |
Future
| I | will foreshorten |
| you | will foreshorten |
| he;she;it | will foreshorten |
| we | will foreshorten |
| you | will foreshorten |
| they | will foreshorten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foreshortened |
| you | will have foreshortened |
| he;she;it | will have foreshortened |
| we | will have foreshortened |
| you | will have foreshortened |
| they | will have foreshortened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foreshorten |
| you | foreshorten |
| he;she;it | foreshorten |
| we | foreshorten |
| you | foreshorten |
| they | foreshorten |
Perfect
| I | have foreshortened |
| you | have foreshortened |
| he;she;it | have foreshortened |
| we | have foreshortened |
| you | have foreshortened |
| they | have foreshortened |
Imperfect
| I | foreshortened |
| you | foreshortened |
| he;she;it | foreshortened |
| we | foreshortened |
| you | foreshortened |
| they | foreshortened |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreshortened |
| you | had foreshortened |
| he;she;it | had foreshortened |
| we | had foreshortened |
| you | had foreshortened |
| they | had foreshortened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foreshorten |
| you | would foreshorten |
| he;she;it | would foreshorten |
| we | would foreshorten |
| you | would foreshorten |
| they | would foreshorten |
Perfect
| I | would have foreshortened |
| you | would have foreshortened |
| he;she;it | would have foreshortened |
| we | would have foreshortened |
| you | would have foreshortened |
| they | would have foreshortened |
Imperative
| you | foreshorten |
| we | Let's foreshorten |
| you | foreshorten |
Verbs conjugated like 'foreshorten'
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 'foreshorten'
forshorten,
foreshoot,
overshorten,
fore-order,
forecharge,
forehalsen,
foreorder,
foreshame,
foreshape,
foreshew,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From fore- + shorten.
Sample Sentences
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When the church was demolished it was decided to preserve the chancel, partly for its Montagu monuments and partly to avoid disturbing the remains of the many members of the family who lie in the vaults beneath. The result is a foreshortened building of considerable charm, almost as broad as it is long and with great high windows. [1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 51, as an adjective:]
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The Californian duo looked and sounded like the kind of band you would have seen being excitedly introduced on The Old Grey Whistle Test in early 1976, only to find their career suddenly foreshortened by the arrival of punk [2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:]