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adjective

1.

measuring a small distance from end to end.

"short, dark hair"

synonyms: small, little, tiny; informalteeny

"a short piece of string"

antonyms: long

(of a journey) covering a small distance.

(of a garment or sleeves on a garment) only covering the top part of a person's arms or legs.

(of a person) small in height.

synonyms: small, little, petite, tiny, diminutive, stubby, elfin, dwarfish, midget, pygmy, Lilliputian, minuscule, miniature; More

(of a ball in cricket, a shot in tennis, etc.) traveling only a small distance before bouncing.

short for shortstop.

2.

lasting or taking a small amount of time.

"visiting London for a short break"

synonyms: brief, momentary, temporary, short-lived, impermanent, cursory, fleeting, passing, fugitive, lightning, transitory, transient, ephemeral, quick

"a short time"

antonyms: long

seeming to last less time than is the case; passing quickly.

(of a person's memory) retaining things for only a small amount of time.

STOCK MARKET

(of stocks or other securities or commodities) sold in advance of being acquired, with reliance on the price falling so that a profit can be made.

STOCK MARKET

(of a broker, position in the market, etc.) buying or based on stocks or other securities or commodities sold short.

denoting or having a relatively early date for the maturing of a bill of exchange.

3.

relatively small in extent.

"a short speech"

synonyms: concise, brief, succinct, compact, summary, economical, crisp, pithy, epigrammatic, laconic, thumbnail, capsule, abridged, abbreviated, condensed, synoptic, summarized, contracted, truncated; formalcompendious

"a short report"

antonyms: long, verbose

not having enough of (something); lacking or deficient in.

synonyms: deficient in, lacking, wanting, in need of, low on, short on, missing; More

in insufficient supply.

synonyms: scarce, in short supply, scant, meager, sparse, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting, tight; rareexiguous

"money is a bit short"

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