SHORT Definition & Meaning
: being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not necessarily have
SHORT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary
SHORT definition: having little length; not long. See examples of short used in a sentence.
SHORT | English meaning
SHORT definition: 1. small in length, distance, or height: 2. used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of. Learn more.
Short Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SHORT meaning: 1 : extending a small distance from one end to the other end having little length not long; 2 : not great in distance
SHORT definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. The announcement was made a short time ago. Kemp gave a short laugh.
SHORT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
SHORT meaning: 1. small in length, distance, or height: 2. used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of. Learn more.
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