SYNONYMS FOR short
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Idioms for 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, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for short
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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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