short
A short circuitA short circuit.
» Make this sentence a little shorter.
Verkürze diesen Satz ein bisschen. — MUIRIEL
Kürze diesen Satz etwas! — Tamy
Kürzen Sie diesen Satz etwas! — Tamy
Сделайте это предложение немного короче. — fjay69
Сократи немного это предложение. — marafon
Сократите немного это предложение. — marafon
Зроби це речення трохи коротшим. — deniko
Зробіть це речення трохи коротшим. — deniko
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12 sensesA short circuit.
The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.
A short film.
A short film.
(Internet)A short-form vertical video.
(Internet, broadly)A vertical video of any length.
long short
A short version of a garment in a particular size.
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short?
A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
A short sale or short position.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
A summary account.
A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
(US, slang)An automobile.
crack shorts
Examples
2494 sentencesMake this sentence a little shorter.
Зроби це речення трохи коротшим. — deniko
ruСделайте это предложение немного короче. — fjay69
deVerkürze diesen Satz ein bisschen. — MUIRIEL
I am running short of money.
У мене закінчуються гроші. — Squaw
My sister is shorter than you.
Моя сестра нижча за тебе. — aandrusiak
ruМоя сестра ниже тебя. — shanghainese
deMeine Schwester ist kleiner als du. — MUIRIEL
He tried writing a short story.
Він спробував написати коротке оповідання. — ascolto
ruОн попытался написать короткий рассказ. — Lenin_1917
deEr versuchte, eine Kurzgeschichte zu schreiben. — Wolf
They are always short of money.
Їм завжди бракує грошей. — aandrusiak
ruИм всегда не хватает денег. — Hellerick
deSie haben nie genug Geld. — Dani6187
Origin
From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt.
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Forms
plural: shortsSynonyms
2 synonyms- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base:shortstop
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference:short circuit
Collocations
12 patterns- take a short
- bit shorter than
- was too short
- a bit shorter
- lot shorter than
- a short break
- short of money
- a short time
- for a short
- inches shorter than
- running running short
- is shorter than