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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”

synonym study for short

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, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for short

See also shorts

Derived forms of short

shortness, noun

Word 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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Other Idioms and Phrases with short

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