| 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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