сократить înseamnă în Engleză
| Rusă | Engleză |
|---|---|
| сократить verb | downsize [downsized, downsizing, downsizes](to reduce the workforce of) trim [trimmed, trimming, trims](to reduce slightly) |
| сократить verb {Plf} | abbreviate [abbreviated, abbreviating, abbreviates](to make shorter) cancel [cancelled, cancelling, cancels](remove a common factor) close [closed, closing, closes](to make smaller) contract [contracted, contracting, contracts](intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) curtail [curtailed, curtailing, curtails](shorten or abridge) dock [docked, docking, docks](to reduce wages; to deduct) shorten [shortened, shortening, shortens](to make shorter) |
| сократить наполовину verb {Plf} | halve [halved, halving, halves](to reduce to half of original) |
| сократиться verb {imPlf} | shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks](intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
| сократиться verb {Plf} | contract [contracted, contracting, contracts](intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) dwindle [dwindled, dwindling, dwindles]((intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish) shorten [shortened, shortening, shortens](to become shorter) |
