Definition of "short form" [short form]

• A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation. (noun)
• Particularly in Slavonic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively. (noun)

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• "When a manuscript was fully written the scribe wrote his colophon or "explicit," a short form of the phrase "explicitus est fiber.""
• "Greeks, and gave it the short form preserved in the choir-books of the West."
• "If you want to apply to more than one school and these schools use different student aid applications, you may be able to use a short form called a Request for Information Transfer and have the information from the federal portion of one application sent to another school of your choice."