shortcut
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃoːt.kat/, [ˈʃoːʔ.kat], [ˈʃoːʔ.kaʔ]
- Hyphenation: short‧cut
Noun[edit]
shortcut (plural shortcuts)
- A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
- A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
- 2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15:
- East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.
- (computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.
- There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.
- A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
path
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method
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a file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it
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keyboard shortcut — see keyboard shortcut
See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
shortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted or shortcut)
- To take or use a shortcut