short
Adjective
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similar to:
- abbreviated, shortened, truncated - cut short in duration
- brief - of short duration or distance
- clipped - (of speech) having quick short sounds
- fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary - lasting for a markedly brief time
- short and sweet - dealt with very quickly; to the point
- short-dated - of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption
- short-range - relating to the near future
- short-run, short-term - relating to or extending over a limited period
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tells us about: length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in placesimilar to:
- abbreviated, brief - (of clothing) very short
- close - used of hair or haircuts
- curtal - (archaic) cut short
- sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened - cut short
- shortish - somewhat short
- short-range - limited to short distances
- short-snouted - having a snout that is shorter than average
- snub - unusually short
- stubby - short and blunt
- shortened, telescoped - shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
- truncate, truncated - terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
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also: low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extensionsimilar to:
- chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
- compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset - having a short and solid form or stature
- half-length - representing only the upper half of the body
- pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off - well below average height
- short-stalked - of plants having relatively short stalks
- squab, squabby - short and fat
same as: little -
similar to: deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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same as: forgetful, unretentive
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referred to in: finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
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referred to in: phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
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similar to: deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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similar to: improvident - not provident; not providing for the future
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similar to: breakable - capable of being broken or damaged
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similar to: discourteous - showing no courtesy; rude
Noun
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is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of landis a part of: baseball diamond, diamond, infield - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
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is a type of: contact, tangency - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contactis a part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flowsame as: short circuit
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is a type of: position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual playerbelongs to: baseball team - a team that plays baseballsame as: shortstop
Adverb
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referred to in: finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
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same as: unawares
Verb
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is a type of: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize - deprive of by deceitsame as: short-change
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same as: short-circuit
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