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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English scort

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ʃɔːt/, SAMPA: /SO:t/
• (US) enPR: shôrt, IPA: /ʃɔrt/, SAMPA: /SOrt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

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short (comparative shorter, superlative shortest)

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. Having little duration; opposite of long.
   • Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
4. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
   • “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
5. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman
6. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman
7. brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust
8. missing, deficient
   • The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
9. Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
   • I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

[edit] Usage notes

• (having a small distance between ends or edges): Short is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is shallow in the negative vertical dimension; in the horizontal dimension narrow is more commonly used.

[edit] Synonyms

• (having a small distance between ends or edges): low, narrow, slim, shallow
• (of a person, of comparatively little height): little, pint-sized, titchy (slang)
• (having little duration): brief, concise
• (constituting an abbreviation (for)): an abbreviation of, a short form of

[edit] Antonyms

• (having a small distance between ends or edges): tall, high, wide, broad, deep, long
• (of a person, of comparatively little height): tall
• (having little duration): long
• (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position, relatively close to the batsman): long

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short (not comparable)

1. abruptly

   They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.

2. unawares

   The recent developments at work caught them short.

3. briefly

   The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.

4. curtly

   He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

5. without achieving a goal or requirement

   His speech fell short of what was expected.

6. (cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full
7. (finance) With a negative ownership position.

   We went short most finance companies in July.

[edit] Noun

short (plural shorts)

1. A short circuit.
2. (baseball) shortstop

   Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

3. (finance) A short seller

   The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

4. (finance) A short sale

   He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.

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[edit] Verb

to short (third-person singular simple present shorts, present participle shorting, simple past and past participle shorted)

1. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
2. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
3. (transitive) To shortchange.
4. (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

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

5. (transitive, business) 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.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of horst
• thors
• trosh

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʃɔʁt/, SAMPA: /SORt/

[edit] Noun

short m. (plural shorts)

1. shorts, short trousers (UK)

   Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short.

   “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”

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English

[edit] Noun

short m. inv.

1. short (short film etc)