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Idioms about short
Origin of short
First recorded before 900; Middle English adjective schort, Old English sceort; cognate with Old High German scurz “short,” Old Norse skortr “shortness, scarcity”
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4. Short, brief are opposed to long, and indicate slight extent or duration. Short may imply duration but is also applied to physical distance and certain purely spatial relations: a short journey. Brief refers especially to duration of time: brief intervals.
OTHER WORDS FROM short
short·ness, nouno·ver·short, adjectiveo·ver·short·ness, nounun·short, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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Derived forms of short
shortness, nounWord Origin for short
Old English scort; related to Old Norse skortr a lack, skera to cut, Old High German scurz short
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