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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Short (disambiguation); SHORT; The Short
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short
I. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES
(shorter, shortest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Please look at category 23 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1.
If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.
The announcement was made a short time ago...
How could you do it in such a short period of time?...
Kemp gave a short laugh...
We had a short meeting.
? long
ADJ
2.
If you talk about a short hour, day, or year, you mean that it seems to have passed very quickly or will seem to pass very quickly.
For a few short weeks there was peace...
? long
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.
They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona...
? long
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are.
I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.
...a short, elderly woman with grey hair...
? tall
ADJ
5.
Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other.
The city centre and shops are only a short distance away...
His black hair was very short.
? long
ADJ
6.
If you are short of something or if it is short, you do not have enough of it. If you are running short of something or if it is running short, you do not have much of it left.
Her father's illness left the family short of money...
Supplies of everything are unreliable, food is short...
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ of n
7.
If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.
He stopped a hundred yards short of the building...
ADJ: v-link ADJ of n
8.
Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing.
Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road...
PREP-PHRASE: PREP n/-ing
9.
If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished.
His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack...
ADV: ADV after v
10.
If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name.
Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears...
'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'.
ADJ: v-link ADJ for n
11.
If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily.
...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.
ADJ
see also short-tempered
12.
If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.
She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with n
13.
If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.
Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)...
PHRASE: usu n PHR
14.
If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n
15.
You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary.
Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging...
PHRASE: PHR with cl
16.
You use nothing short of or little short of to emphasize how great or extreme something is. For example, if you say that something is nothing short of a miracle or nothing short of disastrous, you are emphasizing that it is a miracle or it is disastrous.
The results are nothing short of magnificent...
PHRASE: v-link PHR adj/n [emphasis]
17.
If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: v-link PHR
18.
If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have.
The proposals were short on detail.
PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]
19.
If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.
He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR -ing/n
20.
If workers are put on short time, they are asked to work fewer hours than the normal working week, because their employer can not afford to pay them a full time wage.
Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand...
Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working.
PHRASE: on PHR, PHR n
21.
If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.
The name on the gate pulled me up short.
PHRASE: V inflects
22.
If you make short work of someone or something, you deal with them or defeat them very quickly. (INFORMAL)
Agassi made short work of his opponent.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
23.
II. NOUN USES
(shorts)
1.
Shorts are trousers with very short legs, that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.
...two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
2.
Shorts are men's underpants with short legs. (mainly AM)
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N
3.
A short is a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky, gin, or vodka, rather than a weaker alcoholic drink that you can drink in larger quantities. (mainly BRIT)
N-COUNT
4.
A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.
N-COUNT
short
adj.
1) short in (short in stature)
2) short of (short of funds; to run short of food; to fall short of one's goal)
3) (misc.) to be caught short ('to find oneself in acute need'); and: (BE; colloq.) ('to feel the need to go to the toilet')
short
¦ adjective
1. of a small length or duration.
(of a ball in sport) travelling only a small distance before bouncing.
2. relatively small in extent.
3. (of a person) small in height.
4. (short of/on) not having enough of (something); lacking or deficient in.
in insufficient supply.
5. (of a person) terse; uncivil.
6. Phonetics (of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard British English the vowel ? in good).
Prosody (of a vowel or syllable) having the lesser of the two recognized durations.
7. (of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability.
8. Stock Exchange (of shares or other assets) sold in advance of being acquired.
(of a security) maturing at a relatively early date.
9. (of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly.
(of clay) having poor plasticity.
¦ adverb (in sport) at, to, or over a short distance.
?not as far as the point aimed at.
¦ noun
1. Brit. informal a strong alcoholic drink, especially spirits, served in small measures.
2. a short film as opposed to a feature film.
3. a short sound, vowel, or syllable.
4. a short circuit.
5. (shorts) Stock Exchange short-dated stocks.
6. (shorts) a mixture of bran and coarse flour.
¦ verb short-circuit.
Phrases
be caught (or Brit. taken) short
1. be put at a disadvantage.
2. Brit. informal urgently need to urinate or defecate.
a brick short of a load (or two sandwiches short of a picnic, etc.) informal (of a person) stupid or crazy.
bring (or pull) someone up short cause someone to stop or pause abruptly.
for short as an abbreviation or nickname.
get (or have) someone by the short and curlies informal have complete control of a person.
go short not have enough of something, especially food.
in short to sum up; briefly.
in short order chiefly N. Amer. immediately; rapidly.
in the short run (or term) in the near future.
in short supply (of a commodity) scarce.
make short work of accomplish, consume, or destroy quickly.
short and sweet brief and pleasant.
short for an abbreviation or nickname for.
short of
1. less than.
2. not reaching as far as.
3. without going so far as (some extreme action).
short of breath panting; short-winded.
stop short stop suddenly or abruptly.
Derivatives
shortish adjective
shortness noun
Origin
short
I. a.
1.
Brief.
2.
Near, direct, straight.
3.
Compendious, succinct, concise, condensed, terse, pithy, sententious, laconic, curt, brief.
4.
Abrupt, sharp, pointed, petulant, curt, brief, severe, uncivil.
5.
Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect.
6.
Narrow, limited, contracted.
7.
Lacking, wanting, destitute.
8.
Brittle, friable, crumbling.
9.
(Cookery.) Crisp.
II. ad.
Suddenly, abruptly, at once.
Short
·noun A summary account.
II. Short ·noun Short, inferior hemp.
III. Short ·noun Breeches; shortclothes.
IV. Short ·noun A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
V. Short ·superl Brittle.
VI. Short ·vt To Shorten.
VII. Short ·superl Not distant in time; near at hand.
IX. Short ·noun The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
X. Short ·superl Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
XI. Short ·superl Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
XII. Short ·superl Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
XIII. Short ·superl Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than);
- with of.
XIV. Short ·superl Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
XV. Short ·superl Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
XVI. Short ·adv In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
XVII. Short ·superl Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
XVIII. Short ·superl Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
XIX. Short ·superl Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. ·see The shorts, under Short, ·noun, and To sell short, under Short, ·adv
XX. Short ·superl Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard;
- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
XXI. Short ·adv Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance;
- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, ·etc. ·see Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
sell short
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PRACTICE OF SELLING SECURITIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY OWNED
Short sell; Selling short; Sell short; Short Selling; Shorting; Shorted; Short (futures); Short sale; Short position; Sold short; Shorting against the box; Buy to Cover; Buying to cover; Buy to cover; Short selling.; Short-and-distort; Cover (finance); Short selling; Short-sell; Short-selling; Short seller; Short sales; Short-sale; Going short; Dedicated short; Shortselling; Short term position; Naked Shorting; Short transaction; Shortseller; Short-seller; Covering (short-selling); Cover (short-selling); Short-sellers
see sell
Short (finance)
PRACTICE OF SELLING SECURITIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY OWNED
Short sell; Selling short; Sell short; Short Selling; Shorting; Shorted; Short (futures); Short sale; Short position; Sold short; Shorting against the box; Buy to Cover; Buying to cover; Buy to cover; Short selling.; Short-and-distort; Cover (finance); Short selling; Short-sell; Short-selling; Short seller; Short sales; Short-sale; Going short; Dedicated short; Shortselling; Short term position; Naked Shorting; Short transaction; Shortseller; Short-seller; Covering (short-selling); Cover (short-selling); Short-sellers
In finance, being short in an asset means investing in such a way that the investor will profit if the value of the asset falls. This is the opposite of a more conventional "long" position, where the investor will profit if the value of the asset rises.
short subject
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ANY FILM NOT LONG ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A FEATURE FILM
Short Film; Short (film); Short subjects; Short films; Animated shorts; Short movie; Film short; Short subject film; Short-film; Two-reeler; Short-movie; Short subject; One reeler; One-reeler; Video short; Theatrical short; Mini-film; Mini film; Mini movie; Short movies; Short episodes; 2-reeler; Two-reel; Shortfilm; Television short; TV short; Short Subject; Short comedies
¦ noun chiefly US a short film, typically one shown before the screening of a feature film.
Short film
ANY FILM NOT LONG ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A FEATURE FILM
Short Film; Short (film); Short subjects; Short films; Animated shorts; Short movie; Film short; Short subject film; Short-film; Two-reeler; Short-movie; Short subject; One reeler; One-reeler; Video short; Theatrical short; Mini-film; Mini film; Mini movie; Short movies; Short episodes; 2-reeler; Two-reel; Shortfilm; Television short; TV short; Short Subject; Short comedies
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits".
Wilfrid Short
BRITISH CIVIL SERVANT
Wilfrid Maurice Short; Wilfred Short
Wilfrid Maurice Short CB (22 June 1870–8 June 1947) was a British civil servant who served as private secretary to the statesman A. J.
