He is short for his age. the shortest day of the year Life's too short to worry about the past. The movie was very short. You have done a lot in a short space of time. a short burst of speed I've …

3 days ago · The adjective short describes things that aren't long when you measure them, or have a small distance from one end to another, like your short hair or the short walk to the …

short - 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"

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.

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.

SHORT meaning: 1. having a small distance from one end to the other: 2. continuing for a small amount of time…. Learn more.

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.

SHORT meaning: 1 : extending a small distance from one end to the other end having little length not long; 2 : not great in distance

Definition of short adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Definition of short adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. measuring or covering a small length or distance, or a smaller length or distance than usual. He had short …