Word a Day
short
What does short mean?
short (adjective): having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce short?
/ʃɔɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does short come from?
From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “short” mean?
having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically
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being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
Not quite: that's what left means.
able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view
Not quite: that's what public means.
spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction
Not quite: that's what round means.
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