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How to pronounce short
Say it like this: /ʃoːt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does short mean?
adjHaving a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
Having little duration.
“Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.”
advAbruptly, curtly, briefly.
“He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.”
Unawares.
“We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm.”
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
“His speech fell short of what was expected.”
nounA short circuit.
“The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.”
A short film.
A short-form vertical video.
verbTo cause a short circuit in (something).
“You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.”
To short circuit.
To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
“This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.”
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