: having little length or height : not long or tall.

SHORT definition: 1. small in length, distance, or height: 2. used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of…. Learn more.

1. Abruptly; quickly: stop short. 2. In a rude or curt manner. 3. At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target. 4. At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the …

Short, brief are opposed to long, and indicate slight extent or duration. Short may imply duration but is also applied to physical distance and certain purely spatial relations: a short journey.

SHORT definition: having little length; not long. See examples of short used in a sentence.

To short something such as stocks or a currency is to sell them in the expectation that falling prices will allow you to buy them back at a profit before they have to be delivered to the buyer.

SHORT meaning: 1. small in length, distance, or height: 2. used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of…. Learn more.

If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. The announcement was made a short time ago. Kemp gave a short laugh.

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Short definition: Having little length; not long.