unshorten

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verb

To expand from an abbreviated form; to restore to its original length.

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Meanings

verbunshorten (third-person singular simple present unshortens, present participle unshortening, simple past and past participle unshortened)

present singular third person unshortens · participle present unshortening · participle past unshortened · past unshortened

  1. raretransitivecomputingTo expand from an abbreviated form; to restore to its original length.

    The following is a snippet from the UnShortEmAll Greasemonkey script, which unshortens the shortened URLs in Twitter […]

    2010, Shelley Powers, JavaScript Cookbook, page 488

Origin

From un- + shorten.

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Cite this entry
APA

unshorten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshorten

MLA

“unshorten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshorten. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unshorten,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshorten.

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