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Meaning short meaning

What does short mean?
Definitions in simple English

short Adjective

— If something is short then there is a small distance from the bottom to the top. The opposite is tall. I can't reach the table because I'm too short. The more I use the pencil, the shorter it becomes. — If something is short then there is a small distance from the one end to the other. The opposite is long. — If something is short then it takes a little time.

short

— adjective primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration a short life a short flight a short holiday a short story only a few short months — adjective (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length short skirts short hair the board was a foot short a short toss — adjective (= little) low in stature; not tall he was short and stocky short in stature a short smokestack a little man — noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed — adjective (= inadequate, poor) not sufficient to meet a need an inadequate income a poor salary money is short on short rations food is in short supply short on experience — adverb (= suddenly) quickly and without warning he stopped suddenly — adverb at a disadvantage I was caught short — adverb so as to interrupt She took him up short before he could continue — adverb at some point or distance before a goal is reached he fell short of our expectations — adverb clean across the car's axle snapped short — adverb without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash — adjective not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices a short sale short in cotton — adjective of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt' are short — adjective tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening shortbread is a short crumbly cookie a short flaky pie crust — adjective (= shortsighted, myopic) lacking foresight or scope a short view of the problem shortsighted policies shortsighted critics derided the plan myopic thinking — adverb (= curtly, shortly) in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner he told me curtly to get on with it he talked short with everyone he said shortly that he didn't like it — verb (= short-change) cheat someone by not returning him enough money — verb (= short-circuit) create a short circuit in — noun (= short circuit) accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference — noun (= shortstop) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base — adjective (= light, scant) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so a light pound a scant cup of sugar regularly gives short weight — adjective (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range a short memory — adjective (= brusque, curt) marked by rude or peremptory shortness try to cultivate a less brusque manner a curt reply the salesgirl was very short with him

Synonyms short synonyms

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short English » English

brief low small little not long concise dwarfish curt deficient very short short-circuit lacking stocky short circuit not tall blunt tender short-term scant near cold unawares suddenly sudden death skimpy sharply scanty poor incomplete inadequate imperfect forgetful fat dwarf death adder close abruptly unretentive unfriendly unforesightful too short tight terse telegraphic summary shy shorty shortstop shortsighted shortly

Topics short topics

What do people use short to talk about?
States Big Long

Short, not tall
States Quantity

Enough
States Big Long

Short, not long
States Quantity Enough

Lack
Language and thought Communication Language

Word
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Patient

Bad-tempered
States Time Take time

A short time
States Time Aspectual time Past

Recently
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Bird
Person Body functions

Breathe, breath
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Purpose, goal
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Humble
Daily life Food

Food preparation
Daily life Clothing

Men's clothing
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Hairstyle
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
Physical actions Physical impact

Aim at a target
States Quantity All Exact

Approximate
States Big Distance

Near
States Quality

Light
States Time Period of time

Season

Conjugation short conjugation

How do you conjugate short?

short · verb

Examples short examples

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Simple sentences

Shall we take a short rest?
You've cut my hair too short.
His speech was too short.
He fell short of our expectation.
The idea that reading makes you short-sighted has been popular for a couple of hundred years.
I like the short hairstyle.
I know that life is short.
Life is short.
Ostriches don't fly because they have very short wings.
Tom has written several short stories, but has not yet published a book.
My nails are too short.
I do remember you were in Boston for a short while.
I wear short-sleeve shirts in the summer.
Tom was told that he was too short.
A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
You are selling him short.
Your work comes short of the expected standard.
We ran short of money.
I am short of money.
Take a short cut.
Let's take a short cut.
We must make the most of our vacation, as it is so short.
The chairperson cut me short.
Short pleasure, long repentance.
I'm sorry we gave you such short notice of our visit.
Please cut short your vacation and return.
Short-term effects of smoking include unfitness, wheezing, a general vulnerability to illness, bad breath, bad skin and so on.
To make a long story short, we married.
It is almost impossible to learn a foreign language in a short time.
Ill-gotten gains are short-lived. The only way to make real money is to earn every penny.
We've run short of oil.
Our escape was nothing short of a miracle.

Movie subtitles

I have a shooting close by here. It's a short break and I heard Yoon's song.
You sure have studied it a lot in such a short amount of time.
It cannot be dismissed that this novel idea. is connected to the princess being a student a short while ago.
In a short time, the fleet was loaded up with representatives of 30 different kings and chiefs ready to acknowledge the cosmic ascendancy of the Ming emperor.
Why, in short, was there no Isaac Newton in Istanbul?
There was just a circumstance for a short while.
Thank you so much for seeing me on such short notice, Dr. Akopian.
No! It was a, uh, short and tragic illness.
So, uh, even though we've only been seeing each other for a short time.
So, everyone, overall there were some nice efforts, but, uh, some of you, I'm sad to say, fell short.
Short notice.
Long story short, your son stole our stuff and then blew up my brother's brand-new, fully-loaded SUV.
We draw a fourth card, five of which are blank, the sixth reads murderer - the short straw, if you will.
Short-sighted.
Ivan, you're selling yourself too short.
After a short while.
Would you ask him to be patient for a short time.
The night is short, dawn is close!
Let us hurry, the night is short, dawn is close!
The night is short, dawn is close.
You're tall and short, slim and stout.
Now we're short tonight. We've got a first-class replacement.
Now this side is too short.
It's too short.
That's better, but the side that was too short now is too long. and the side that was too long is too short.
Please provide me with short and clear answers to my questions.
Excuse me, could you please make it short?
Money's a little short.
It was a, uh, short and tragic illness.
So, we'll start Susan off on short legs like Glyn's to begin with.
Make it short. You are about to propose me certainly, because of my wealth.
It's very busy amidst all this hubbub and we're short-handed as it is.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you'll all find places at the table, we'll have a short entertainment before supper.
Well. I got short pansies and long pansies.
Cut short the side order, Kate.

News and current affairs

It is therefore dangerous to extrapolate from short-term trends.
For a short while, many prominent people - Albert Einstein, for one - believed that only a world government would be able to ensure global peace.
Devaluation of the dollar could improve US competitiveness in the short run, but it is not a solution.
In the short run, the US current-account deficit will remain, regardless of which country runs bilateral surpluses.
In short, he was a modern Jew in the best sense of the word.
And, as we have seen in many countries' efforts to ameliorate the crisis, the non-cooperative protectionist response is much more likely to be adopted - despite wide recognition that it is highly destructive - when aggregate demand is in short supply.
If he gets them right, he can forget about his short-term critics.
But we can take it a step further back: people's income is lower and their jobs are insecure because they were not spending a short time ago - and so on, backwards in time, in a repeating feedback loop.
The short-term interest rates it controlled didn't budge.
First, short-term interest rates were already so low that everyone would see further cuts as temporary only.
Second, short-term interest rates were so low that additional cuts would spook the financial markets: if even the Fed thought conditions warranted cuts, the argument went, businesses would respond not by increasing their investments but by reducing them.
Driven by short-term electoral horizons, policymakers repeatedly seek a quick fix - another bailout or one more liquidity injection.
In short, Germany during the World Cup is reminiscent of a Shakespearean midsummer night's dream, with a touch of Woodstock to boot.
Ethiopian village life has long depended on two crops, one during a short rain in March and April, and the main crop during the long rain in the summer months.
Most economic research suggests that gold prices are very difficult to predict over the short to medium term, with the odds of gains and losses being roughly in balance.
While the legislation does too little to address America's problem of chronic and rising budget deficits, the damage that it inflicts on the economy in the short term is likely to be limited.
Kenen was mainly concerned with short-term transfers to smooth out cyclical bumpiness.
But, in a currency union with huge differences in income and development levels, the short term can stretch out for a very long time.
Flower growers in Kenya, who depend on air transport to take their short-lived product to Europe, suddenly had no income.
Under these circumstances, budgetary recklessness is a virtue, at least in the short term.
Unfortunately, despite past stimulus, growth is still tepid, and it is increasingly difficult to find sensible new spending that can pay off in the short run.
With a long-term strategic vision, the EU could overwhelm and ultimately undermine Putin's short-term successes.

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