English - English - shortadj. not long, little; not tall, small; lacking, deficient; insufficient, inadequate; lacking in length; concise, brief; crumbly or flaky due to high fat content; rude, abrupt adv. suddenly, abruptly; rudely; unawares, at a disadvantage; prematurely, before the intended target or destination; briefly » Examples
English - Spanish - shortadj. pequeño, corto, pequeño de tamaño; conciso, lacónico, sucinto; breve, breve en duración, de corta duración, fugaz; achicado, cohibido, esquivo, tímido; bajo, bajo de estatura; escaso, falto, petiso adv. abruptamente, al descubierto, cortamente, de repente, en seco; poner en cortocircuito » Examples
English - French - shortadj. court, petit, bref; insuffisant; réduit; concentré; friable adv. brusquement; court; net; en résumé; tomber court » Examples
English - German - shortadj. kurz, kurz bevor; eine kleine Weile, in Kürze; innerhalb kurzer Zeit; kurzfristig; kurzzeitig; knapp adv. plötzlich; abbrechen; nicht hinausgehen; stoppen; ins Wort fallen; kurz angebunden sein; nicht erreichen; barsch » Examples
English - Indonesian - shorta. pendek, katak, guntung, rendah, cekak, sumir, biasa: kurang dr yg biasa, kira-kira, cukup: tdk cukup, tekor, cupet, cupat, kasar, pecah: yg lekas pecah, remuk: mudah remuk adv. tiba-tiba, sebelum waktunya, pendek: secara pendek, dekat, singkat: secara singkat » Examples
English - Italian - shortagg. corto; breve; di breve durata; conciso; di lunghezza scarsa; da lontano, distante; scarso; a corto; brusco, secco, spiccio; abbreviato; debole; (fam) a corto di quattrini; liscio; friabile, frollo avv. bruscamente, di colpo, di botto; corto, lontano dall'obiettivo; di breve; seccamente » Examples
English - Polish - shorta. mały, blankowy, krótki, niedługi, krótkometrażowy, krótkoterminowy, zwięzły, niski, lakoniczny, szorstki, oschły, nieuprzejmy, kusy, niedostateczny, ograniczony, niecały, niedowarzony, skąpy, oszukany adv. krótko, nagle, kuso » Examples
English - Portuguese - shortadj. curto; baixo; pequeno; breve; reduzido; limitado; insuficiente; abrupto; quebrado (sem dinheiro) adv. brevemente; repentinamente; resumidamente » Examples
English - Romanian - shorta. scurt, puţin, concis, tuns, durată: de scurtă durată, mic, scund adv. brusc, deodată, neaşteptat: pe neaşteptate, termen: pe termen scurt » Examples
English - Russian - shortприл. короткий; низкий, невысокий; сжатый; короткометражный; неполный, недостаточный, имеющий недостаток; плохой; грубый, отрывистый; сухой, крепкий, рассыпчатый, ломкий, хрупкий; стриженый нареч. резко, круто, внезапно, преждевременно, коротко, кратко; не доезжая » Examples
English - Turkish - shorts. alçak, kısa, kısa kesilmiş, az, bodur, bücür, kısa boylu, özet, yetersiz, eksik, kestirme, kıt, tam olmayan, sert (içki), iyi pişmiş, gevrek, çıtır çıtır, hariç, kısa vadeli, çapaklı [met.] zf. eksik, aniden, birden, haricinde, dışında » Examples
English - Ukrainian - shorta. короткий, низький, короткочасний, неповний, недостатній, куций, малорослий adv. різко, передчасно, коротко, близько, куцо » Examples
English - Dutch - shortbn. kort; laag; zonder, niet genoeg; -loos; klein; geconcentreerd; minder bw. opeens; weldra; in het kort; op de rand van; spoedig » Examples
English - Arabic - shortقطع الحديث، توقف فجأة، غش قصير، موجز، هزيل، قصير الأجل، هش، فظ، غير مكتمل، غير كافئ، صغير، شىء قصير، مقتضب، بإختصار، فجأة » Examples
English - Hindi - shorta. छोटा, नाटा, अपर्याप्त, कम, अल्पकालीन adv. अचानक, आकस्मिक, वक़्त से पहले, समय से पूर्व, नज़दीक, निकट, मुख़्तसर तौर पर, संक्षेप में, संक्षेपतः » Examples
English - Japanese - short(副) 急に; 簡単に; ぶっきらぼうに (形) 短い; 背の低い; 簡潔な; 不足の » Examples
English - Korean - short형. 짧은; 키가 작은; 부족한; 불충분한; 길이가 모자라는; 간결한; 무른, 부서지기 쉬운; 무뚝뚝한 부. 갑작스럽게; 무뚝뚝하게;불충분하게; 목표에 못미쳐; 간략하게 » Examples
English - Vietnamese - shorta. ngắn, vắn, gần, ngắn ngủi, tóm lại, gần đây, gọn, thiếu adv. ngừng lại thình lình, ngắc lời người nào » Examples
Definition of shortAdjective 1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. 2. 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. 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". 6. That is relatively close to the batsman. 7. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.) 8. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant. He gave a short answer to the question. 9. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty. A short supply of provisions To be short of money The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift. 11. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard. An account which is short of the truth 12. Not distant in time; near at hand. 13. In a 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. Adverb They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street. He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting. The boss got a message and cut the meeting short. 15. Unawares. The recent developments at work caught them short. 16. Without achieving a goal or requirement. His speech fell short of what was expected. 17. Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full. 18. With a negative ownership position. We went short most finance companies in July. Noun 19. A short circuit. 20. A short film. 21. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size 38 short suits fit me right off the rack. Do you have that size in a short. 22. A shortstop. Jones smashes a grounder between third and short. 23. A short seller. 24. A short sale. He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months. 25. A summary account. 26. A short sound, syllable, or vowel. 27. An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long. Verb 28. To cause a short circuit in (something). 29. Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. 30. To shortchange. 31. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. This is the third time I've caught them shorting us. 32. 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. 33. To shorten. Preposition 34. Deficient in. We are short a few men on the second shift. He's short common sense. 35. Having a negative position in. I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
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