Meaning

2 senses
  1. Deficient in.

    We are short a few men on the second shift.

    He's short common sense.

  2. Having a negative position in.

    I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend.

Examples

2494 sentences
  1. Make this sentence a little shorter.

    Зроби це речення трохи коротшим. — deniko

    ruСделайте это предложение немного короче. — fjay69

    deVerkürze diesen Satz ein bisschen. — MUIRIEL

  2. I am running short of money.

    У мене закінчуються гроші. — Squaw

  3. My sister is shorter than you.

    Моя сестра нижча за тебе. — aandrusiak

    ruМоя сестра ниже тебя. — shanghainese

    deMeine Schwester ist kleiner als du. — MUIRIEL

  4. 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

  5. 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-We

From 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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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

242 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
short — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto