сокращать înseamnă în Engleză
| Rusă | Engleză |
|---|---|
| сокращать verb | abridge [abridged, abridging, abridges](to make shorter) cut down(reduce the amount of something) downsize [downsized, downsizing, downsizes](to reduce the workforce of) |
| сокращать verb {imPlf} | 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) |
| сокращать наполовину verb {imPlf} | halve [halved, halving, halves](to reduce to half of original) |
| сокращаться verb {imPlf} | contract [contracted, contracting, contracts](intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) dwindle [dwindled, dwindling, dwindles]((intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish) shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks](intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
