short-term

See also: short term

English

Alternative forms

• short term, short‐term

Etymology

short + term

Adjective

short-term (comparative shorter-term, superlative shortest-term)

1. of or pertaining to the near or immediate future.

   This short-term plan deals with the next few days.

   • 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:

     Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."

2. of or pertaining to a short duration of time

   short-term exposure

Antonyms

• long-term

Derived terms

• short-termness

Translations

of the near or immediate future

• Armenian: կարճաժամկետ (hy) (karčažamket)
• Bulgarian: краткосрочен (bg) (kratkosročen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短期 (zh) (duǎnqī)

• Czech: krátkodobý (cs) m
• Dutch: op kort termijn
• Finnish: lyhyen aikavälin
• French: à court terme (fr)
• German: kurzfristig (de)
• Greek: βραχυπρόθεσμος (el) (vrachypróthesmos)
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• Indonesian: jangka pendek (id)
• Italian: a breve (it), a breve termine
• Maori: pae tata
• Polish: krótkoterminowy (pl)
• Portuguese: a curto prazo
• Russian: кратковре́менный (ru) (kratkovrémennyj), краткосро́чный (ru) (kratkosróčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: geàrr-ùine
• Spanish: a corto plazo
• Turkish: kısa vadeli (tr)
• Ukrainian: короткостроко́вий (korotkostrokóvyj), короткотерміно́вий (korotkoterminóvyj)

of a short duration of time

• Armenian: կարճաժամկետ (hy) (karčažamket)
• Bulgarian: временен (bg) (vremenen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短期 (zh) (duǎnqī)

• Czech: provizorní (cs)
• Dutch: kortdurend (nl), kortlopend (nl), lapmiddel (nl)
• Finnish: lyhyen aikavälin, lyhytaikainen (fi), lyhytkestoinen (fi)
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• French: à court terme (fr)
• German: kurzzeitig (de)
• Maori: rangitahi, tūiti
• Russian: краткосро́чный (ru) (kratkosróčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: geàrr-ùine
• Spanish: supletorio (es)
• Turkish: kısaca (tr)