Sounds | shao'rt | |
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Rhymes | abort ... wart: 48 rhymes with aort... |
Meaning | primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration / duration. | |
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Attribute of | duration, length | continuance in time |
Narrower | abbreviated, shortened, truncated | cut short in duration |
brief | Of short duration or distance | |
clipped | (of speech) having quick short / short sounds | |
fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary | lasting for a markedly brief time | |
short-dated | Of a gilt-edged security | |
short-range | relating to the near future | |
short-run, short-term | relating to or extending over a limited period | |
short and sweet | Dealt with very quickly | |
See also | abridged | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting |
Opposite | long | primarily temporal sense |
Spanish | corto | |
Catalan | curt | |
Nouns | shortness | the property of being of short temporal extent |
Meaning | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length. | |
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Attribute of | length | The linear extent in space from one end to the other |
Narrower | abbreviated, brief | (of clothing) very short |
close | Used of hair or haircuts | |
curtal | (obsolete) cut short | |
sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened | cut short | |
short-range | Limited to short distances | |
short-snouted | Having a snout / snout that is shorter than average | |
shortish | Somewhat short | |
snub | unusually short | |
stubby | short and blunt | |
telescoped, shortened | shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another | |
truncate, truncated | terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off | |
Opposite | long | primarily spatial sense |
Spanish | corto | |
Catalan | curt | |
Nouns | shortness | the property of being of short spatial extent |
Meaning | Low in stature; not tall. | |
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Synonym | little | |
Attribute of | stature, height | (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot |
Narrower | chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy | short and thick |
compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset | Having a short and solid form or stature | |
half-length | representing only the upper half of the body | |
pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off | Well below average height | |
short-stalked | Of plants having relatively short stalks | |
squab, squabby | short and fat | |
See also | low | Literal meanings |
Opposite | tall | Great in vertical dimension |
Spanish | bajo, corto | |
Catalan | baix | |
Nouns | shortness | the property of being shorter than average stature |
shortness | the property of being truncated or short |
Meaning | not sufficient to meet / meet a need. | |
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Synonyms | inadequate, poor, jejune | |
Broader | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
Spanish | bajo, escaso, exiguo, insuficiente | |
Catalan | baix, escàs, exigu, insuficient | |
Nouns | shortness | the condition of being short of something |
Meaning | (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range. | |
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Example | "a short memory" | |
Synonyms | unretentive, forgetful | |
See also | unmindful, forgetful, mindless | not mindful or attentive |
Opposite | retentive, recollective, long, tenacious | Good at remembering |
Spanish | desmemoriado, olvidadizo | |
Nouns | shortness | the condition of being short of something |
Meaning | not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices. | |
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Category | finance | The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets |
Opposite | long | holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices |
Meaning | Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration. | |
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Example | "the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt' are short" | |
Category | phonetics | The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
Opposite | long | (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration |
Meaning | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. | |
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Example | "regularly gives short weight" | |
Synonyms | light, scant | |
Broader | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
Spanish | corto, escaso |
Meaning | lacking foresight or scope. | |
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Synonyms | shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic | |
Broader | improvident | not provident / provident |
Spanish | miope |
Meaning | tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening. | |
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Broader | breakable | capable of being broken or damaged |
Meaning | marked by rude or peremptory shortness. | |
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Example | "the salesgirl was very short with him" | |
Synonyms | brusque, brusk, curt | |
Broader | discourteous | showing no courtesy |
Spanish | brusca, brusco, cortante, seco | |
Catalan | brusc, sec | |
Nouns | shortness | an abrupt discourteous manner |
Adverbs | shortly | in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner |
Meaning | The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed. | |
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Part of | baseball diamond, diamond, infield | The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
Meaning | Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference. | |
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Synonym | short circuit | |
Part of | circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit | An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
Broader | contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact |
Spanish | corto circuito, cortocircuito | |
Catalan | curt circuit, curtcircuit | |
Verbs | short | create a short circuit in |
Meaning | The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. | |
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Synonym | shortstop | |
Member of | baseball team | A team that plays baseball |
Broader | position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player |
Catalan | interbase |
Meaning | quickly and without warning. | |
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Synonyms | abruptly, suddenly, dead | |
Spanish | abruptamente, bruscamente, de repente, en seco, precipitadamente, repentinamente, súbitamente | |
Catalan | abruptament, precipitadament, sobtadament |
Meaning | Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold. | |
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Example | "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" | |
Category | finance | The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets |
Meaning | clean across. | |
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Example | "the car's axle snapped short" |
Meaning | At some point or distance before a goal is reached / reached. | |
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Example | "he fell short of our expectations" |
Meaning | So as to interrupt. | |
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Example | "She took him up short before he could continue" | |
Spanish | en seco |
Meaning | At a disadvantage. | |
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Example | "I was caught short" | |
Synonym | unawares | |
Spanish | de improviso, de improvisto, en desventaja |
Meaning | In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. | |
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Synonyms | curtly, shortly | |
Spanish | bajamente, bruscamente, secamente |
Meaning | cheat someone by not returning him enough money. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | short-change | |
Broader | victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit |
Spanish | sisar |
Meaning | create a short circuit in. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | short-circuit | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Spanish | abreviar, atajar | |
Catalan | abreujar, atallar, fer drecera | |
Nouns | short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
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