noun
Meaning 1
The act of curtailing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
curtailment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /kɚˈteɪlmənt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɜːˈteɪlmənt/
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CMU ARPABET: K ER0 T EY1 L M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retrenchment, downsizing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: economy, saving
noun
Meaning 3
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a suppression of the newspaper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: suppression
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restraint
noun
Meaning 4
the temporal property of being cut short
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shortness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English curtail Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English curtailment From curtail + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 縮減 /缩减 (suk1 gaam2) — act of curtailing
- Chinese Cantonese: 削減 /削减 (soek3 gaam2) — act of curtailing
- German: Beschneidung — act of curtailing
- German: Verkürzung — act of curtailing
- German: Abkürzung — act of curtailing
- German: Kürzung — act of curtailing
- Irish: laghdú — act of curtailing
- Māori: tauporonga — act of curtailing