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Definition of "short" []
- Having little length; not long. (adjective)
- Having little height; not tall. (adjective)
- Extending or traveling not far or not far enough: a short toss. (adjective)
- Lasting a brief time: a short holiday. (adjective)
- Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months. (adjective)
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Use "short" in a sentence
- "Sometimes they are compared by the _Adverbs_ _very, infinitely_; and the _Adjectives_ _more, most_; _less, least_; as _long, very long, infinitely long_; _short, more short, most short_; _commonly, less commonly, least commonly_."
- "A link with rev = canonical that is short is a short url of the canonical url by definition, thus rel = short* is redundant for the use case of discovering a short url for the canonical url of some document."
- "HIToolbox 0x91537e3a SendControlDefTrack (HIView*, CGPoint const&, unsigned long*, void (*) (OpaqueControlRef*, short), OpaqueEventRef*, short*) + 311 25 com. apple."