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