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Definition of "short"

short

Từ điển Collocation

short adj.

¹ not measuring much from one end to the other

VERBS be, look, seem

ADV. extremely, really, very | comparatively, fairly, quite, rather, relatively a relatively short distance of 50 to 100 miles

² not lasting a long time

VERBS be, feel, seem | become, get The working week is getting shorter and shorter. | make sth | keep sth Do you mind if we keep the meeting short?

ADV. extremely, very | comparatively, fairly, quite, relatively It was all over in a relatively short space of time.

³ not having enough of what is needed

VERBS be, look Our team was one player short. | become, get We're getting short of funds.

ADV. extremely, really, terribly, very, woefully If space is really short, that door can be moved. United looked woefully short of menace in attack. | a bit, quite, rather

PREP. of Mike was a bit short of cash just then.

⁴ rude

VERBS be

ADV. a bit, rather

PREP. with Sorry I was a bit short with you earlier.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference; short circuit
• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base; shortstop

v.

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money; short-change
• create a short circuit in; short-circuit

adj.

• 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

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

  short skirts

  short hair

  the board was a foot short

  a short toss

• low in stature; not tall

  he was short and stocky

  short in stature

  a short smokestack

• not sufficient to meet a need; inadequate, poor

  an inadequate income

  a poor salary

  money is short

  on short rations

  food is in short supply

  short on experience

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; unretentive, forgetful

  a short memory

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

  a short sale

  short in cotton

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

  the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; light, scant(p)

  a light pound

  a scant cup of sugar

  regularly gives short weight

• lacking foresight or scope; shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic

  a short view of the problem

  shortsighted policies

  shortsighted critics derided the plan

  myopic thinking

• 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

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness; brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)

  try to cultivate a less brusque manner

  a curt reply

  the salesgirl was very short with him

adv.

• quickly and without warning; abruptly, suddenly, dead

  he stopped suddenly

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

  he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash

• clean across

  the car's axle snapped short

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

  he fell short of our expectations

• so as to interrupt

  She took him up short before he could continue

• at a disadvantage; unawares

  I was caught short

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; curtly, shortly

  he told me curtly to get on with it

  he talked short with everyone

  he said shortly that he didn't like it

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English Slang Dictionary

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Bloomberg Financial Glossary

空头|空仓|淡仓|卖空|超卖空头；空仓；淡仓；卖空；超卖
One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position. Related: Long.

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Oil and Gas Field Glossary

Single Shot Hydrostatic Overpressure Reverse Tool

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

shorts|shorter|shortest|shorted|shorting
syn.: brief concise curt little puny slight small succinct
ant.: long tall