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short and sweet

short and sweet
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shawrt and sweet]
    • /ʃɔrt ænd swit/
    • /ʃɔːt ənd swiːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shawrt and sweet]
    • /ʃɔrt ænd swit/

Definitions of short and sweet words

  • adjective short and sweet having little length; not long. 1
  • adjective short and sweet having little height; not tall: a short man. 1
  • adjective short and sweet extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 1
  • adjective short and sweet brief in duration; not extensive in time: a short wait. 1
  • adjective short and sweet brief or concise, as writing. 1
  • adjective short and sweet rudely brief; abrupt; hurting: short behavior. 1
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Origin of short and sweet

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English schort (adj.), Old English sceort; cognate with Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr shortness, scarcity

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Parts of speech for Short and sweet

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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short and sweet popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for short and sweet

adj short and sweet

  • compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
  • curt — If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
  • curtate — shortened
  • gnomic — like or containing gnomes or aphorisms.

adjective short and sweet

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