Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause a short circuit in (something).

    You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.

    create a short circuit in

  2. (intransitive)To short circuit.

    kurzschließen

    закорачиватьzakoračivatʹ, закоротитьzakorotitʹ, замыкатьzamykatʹ

  3. (informal, transitive)To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.

    This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.

  4. (transitive)To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

  5. (obsolete)To shorten.

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

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  2. I am running short of money.

    У мене закінчуються гроші. — Squaw

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  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

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  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

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  5. They are always short of money.

    Їм завжди бракує грошей. — aandrusiak

    ruИм всегда не хватает денег. — Hellerick

    deSie haben nie genug Geld. — Dani6187

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cause a short circuit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause a short circuit:

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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Forms

shorts, shorting, shorted, shorted
Base formshort · to short
3rd person singularshorts
Present participleshorting
Past simpleshorted
Past participleshorted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshort
he, she, itshorts

Past simpleLesson

all personsshorted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shorted
he, she, ithas shorted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill short

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • create a short circuit in:short-circuit
  • cheat someone by not returning them enough money:short-change

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
shopperB1shoreA2shorelineshortageB1shortcakeshortcomingshortcut

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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