short

(Inglese)

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.

Opposto di

long

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʃɔːt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: schort

Ereditato da inglese antico: sċeort

Affine scozzese: short

Affine francese: court

Affine olandese: kort

Affine tedesco: kurz

Affine tedesco antico alto: scurz

Affine tedesco medio alto: schurz

Affine norse antico: skorta

Affine danese: skorte

Affine albanese: shkurt

Affine latino: 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.

Concetti

corto

breve

basso

piccolo

poco

insufficiente

succinto

cortocircuito

piano

limitato

scarso

conciso

cortocircuitare

corto circuito

crepa

fragile

fregare

friabile

frollo

inadeguato

insomma

macero

minigonna

minimo

pantaloncini

parziale

seccamente

shorts

smemorato

sollecito

subitaneamente

un po’

calze corte

corta

fascia grande da donna

curtu

sollecita

abbreviazione

d’emblee

asciutto

bruscamente

brusco

corte

improvvisamente

meno

minore

minuto

qualcosa

racconto

secco

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

court

kurz

corto

kort

krótki

curto

bref

breve

klein

kısa

brevis

bajo

kurt

petit

κοντός

Frasi

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

La passerella sembra abbreviare per questo tipo di aereo.

There are a few short walks and a picnic area .

Ci sono alcune brevi passeggiate e un'area picnic.

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

Bere troppa acqua in un breve periodo di tempo può essere letale.

In the short term future , prices will triple .

A breve termine, i prezzi triplicheranno.

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

Questo corvo ha piume molto corte sulla testa, sulla gola e sul collo.

It is a short reprise of " Dick ".

È una breve ripresa di "cazzo".