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shorter

Shor·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shawr-ter]
    • /ˈʃɔr tər/
    • /ʃɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shawr-ter]
    • /ˈʃɔr tər/

Definitions of shorter word

  • noun shorter something that is short. 1
  • noun shorter that which is deficient or lacking. 1
  • noun shorter the sum and substance of a matter; gist (usually preceded by the). 1
  • noun shorter shorts. trousers, knee-length or shorter. short pants worn by men as an undergarment. knee breeches, formerly worn by men. Finance. short-term bonds. Mining. crushed ore failing to pass through a given screen, thus being of a larger given size than a specific grade. Compare fine1 (def 28a). remnants, discards, or refuse of various cutting and manufacturing processes. 1
  • noun shorter a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short. 1
  • noun shorter a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size. 1
See all 56 definitions of shorter

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Origin of shorter

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 Shorter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shorter

shorter popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% 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".

shorter usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for shorter

adj shorter

  • less — not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.

adjective shorter

  • curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
  • diminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
  • edited — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
  • lessened — to become less.
All 5 Synonyms of shorter

Antonyms for shorter

adj shorter

  • higher — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.

adjective shorter

  • longer — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
All 2 Antonyms of shorter

Top questions with shorter

  • how to get shorter?
  • how to make your period shorter?

Related words

  • condense

    If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.

  • shortcut

    a shorter or quicker way.

  • shortwave

    Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.

  • sidereal time

    time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.

  • siphon

    a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.

  • virelay

    an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.
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