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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Short \Short\, n.
1. A summary account.
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The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
--Shak.
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2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next
finer than the bran.
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The first remove above bran is shorts. --Halliwell.
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3. pl. Short, inferior hemp.
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4. pl. Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang] --Dickens.
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5. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
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If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and
longs in English, as in ``bit'' and ``beat,''
``not'' and ``naught,'' we find that the short
vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides
being generally diphthongic as well. Hence,
originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet
kept quite distinct from the original longs. --H.
Sweet.
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In short, in few words; in brief; briefly.
The long and the short, the whole; a brief summing up.
The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with
stocks which they contracted to deliver.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Short \Short\, n.
1. A summary account.
The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
--Shak.
2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next
finer than the bran.
The first remove above bran is shorts. --Halliwell.
3. pl. Short, inferior hemp.
4. pl. Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang] --Dickens.
5. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and
longs in English, as in ``bit'' and ``beat,''
``not'' and ``naught,'' we find that the short
vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides
being generally diphthongic as well. Hence,
originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet
kept quite distinct from the original longs. --H.
Sweet.
In short, in few words; in brief; briefly.
The long and the short, the whole; a brief summing up.
The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with
stocks which they contracted to deliver.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
in short
adv : in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed
up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly";
"briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" [syn:
concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in short
prep.phr.
As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what
would have been told.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
in short
prep.phr.
As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what
would have been told.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
in short
prep.phr.
As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what
would have been told.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
in short
prep.phr.
As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what
would have been told.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in short
Engelska adv.
kort sagt
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
slovem
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
zkrátka
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
kurzum , kurz gesagt
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
εν συντομία
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
lyhyesti sanottuna
as a summary
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
1. röviden
2. összefoglalva
3. egy szóval
4. dióhéjban
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
in short /ɪn ʃˈɔːt/
要するに
as a summary
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
总之，总而言之
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
简单地说,总之
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