Span and Shorten

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Span verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Shorten is an antonym for span in stretch over topic.

Nearby Word: spanned

Shorten verb - To make less in extent or duration.

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Span is an antonym for shorten.

Nearby Words: short, shortly, shortness, shortening

life	span life	shorten life
career	span career	shorten career
range	span range	shorten range
season	span season	shorten season
Other words: length, game, distance, tree, times, chapters, titles.

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