How to pronounce foreshortening
American English pronunciation
for-SHOR-tuh-ning
- IPA
- /fɔɹˈʃɔɹtənɪŋ/
- Syllables
- for · SHOR · tuh · ning (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What foreshortening means
Drawing a thing shorter so it seems to reach toward you
In a sentence: The artist used foreshortening so the giant's hand seemed to reach right out of the page.
Where it comes from: It comes from foreshorten, made from fore-, meaning in front, and shorten, since things pointing at you are drawn shorter.
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