short

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. Of comparatively small height.
3. Having little duration.
4. Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
5. that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
7. that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
9. Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
10. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; curt.
11. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
12. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
13. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
14. (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
15. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
16. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
17. (broadly) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
18. (dated) Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
2. (not-comparable) Unawares.
3. (not-comparable) Without achieving a goal or requirement.
4. (not-comparable) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
5. (not-comparable) With a negative ownership position.

Noun

1. A short circuit.
2. A short film.
3. A short film.
4. A short film.
5. A short version of a garment in a particular size.
6. A shortstop.
7. A short seller.
8. A short sale or short position.
9. A summary account.
10. A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
11. An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
12. (US, slang) An automobile; especially in crack shorts (“to break into automobiles”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
2. (intransitive) To short circuit.
3. (informal, transitive) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
4. (transitive) 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.
5. (obsolete) To shorten.

Prep

1. Deficient in.
2. Having a negative position in.

Oposto a

long

Sinónimos

brief

low

small

little

concise

not long

dwarfish

curt

deficient

very short

short-circuit

lacking

not tall

stocky

blunt

short circuit

scant

near

tender

cold

🥶

short-term

scanty

inadequate

abruptly

unawares

suddenly

incomplete

poor

imperfect

sudden death

death adder

fat

forgetful

close

dwarf

sharply

skimpy

sawed-off

runty

brusque

rare

brusk

narrow

muscular

crumbly

myopic

scarce

crisp

missing

light

Traducións

court

kurz

corto

corto

kort

curto

breve

bref

breve

klein

kısa

brevis

basso

bajo

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ʃɔːt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: schort

Herdado de Old English: sċeort

Relativo a escocés: short

Relativo a francés: court

Relativo a neerlandés: kort

Relativo a alemán: kurz

Relativo a Old High German: scurz

Relativo a Middle High German: schurz

Relativo a Old Norse: skorta

Relativo a dinamarqués: skorte

Relativo a albanés: shkurt

Relativo a latín: curtus

In summary

From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of curt.
Cognates
Cognate with shirt, skirt, curt, Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of curt. More at shirt.

Frases

The runway seems way to short for this type of plane .

There are a few short walks and a picnic area .

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

In the short term future , prices will triple .

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .

It is a short reprise of " Dick ".