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short

US /ʃɔrt/

adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Our manager asked for a short summary of the quarterly results.

Word Family

NounNoun
short gốc shortness
VerbVerb
short gốc
AdjectiveAdj
short gốc
AdverbAdv
short gốc shortly

Synonyms

  • briefa document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
  • concisegiving a lot of information clearly and in a few words
  • deficientinadequate in amount or degree

Collocations

  • Easy wear short sleeves in summer
    to have on one's body as clothing or accessory regarding short sleeves in summer
  • Medium give a short notice for the meeting
    to provide or present something regarding a short notice for the meeting
  • Hard run short of liquid operating capital unexpectedly
    to operate, manage, or execute regarding short of liquid operating capital unexpectedly
  • Very Hard fall short of lofty expectations by a wide margin
    to drop or decrease significantly regarding short of lofty expectations by a wide margin

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