American English pronunciation
How to pronounce shortest
IPA transcription: ['ʃɔɹtɪst]
Pronunciation variants: ['ʃɔɹtɪst]['ʃɚtɪst]
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Adjective
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primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
“a short life”
“a short flight”
“a short holiday”
“a short story”
“only a few short months”
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(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
“short skirts”
“short hair”
“the board was a foot short”
“a short toss”
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low in stature; not tall
“he was short and stocky”
“short in stature”
“a short smokestack”
“a little man”
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(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
“a short memory”
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not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
“a short sale”
“short in cotton”
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of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
“the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short”
Adjective
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lacking foresight or scope
“a short view of the problem”
“shortsighted policies”
“shortsighted critics derided the plan”
“myopic thinking”
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not sufficient to meet a need
“an inadequate income”
“a poor salary”
“money is short”
“on short rations”
“food is in short supply”
“short on experience”
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less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
“a light pound”
“a scant cup of sugar”
“regularly gives short weight”
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tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
“shortbread is a short crumbly cookie”
“a short flaky pie crust”
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marked by rude or peremptory shortness
“try to cultivate a less brusque manner”
“a curt reply”
“the salesgirl was very short with him”
Usage examples
- Simmons thereby set the record for the shortest federal Cabinet career in Canadian history.
- Shortest person in front, all the way to the tallest person in the rear.
- Shortest remaining time is advantageous because short processes are handled very quickly.
- It was the second shortest parliament in Canadian history.
- At the Kimmirut airstrip is the second shortest in Nunavut.
- Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
- At five-feet-two-inches tall, she was one of the shortest players on the court.
- It is not the shortest in the original languages.
- Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
- It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.