short
part of speech
adjective, adverb (short, shorter, shortest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Short means not long: a short pencil, a short story. tree →
2) Short means not tall: a short person. tree →
3) Short means lasting a little time: a short break. tree →
4) Short of something means not having enough of it: $4 short. tree →
5) «Short for» means a shorter form of a name: Tom is short for Thomas. tree →
6) Shorts are short trousers. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: a comparison of length, height or time; «shorter by» means subtract; «short of» an amount means you need that much more. Everyday: a short walk, short hair, in short (to sum up), run short of milk, cut short. Spelling: a short vowel.
examples
- Tom is 5 cm shorter than Ann. tree →
- She is $4 short of the price. tree →
- Which ribbon is the shortest? tree →
- A short break lasts 10 minutes. tree →
- The days are short in winter. tree →
- Liz is short for Elizabeth. tree →
- We ran short of glue, so we used tape. tree →
- He wears shorts in summer. tree →
- They only stayed a short time. tree →
note
Comparative shorter, superlative shortest. «Shorter by» means subtract; «short of» an amount means you need that much more (price − money). Trap: «Tom is 5 cm shorter than Ann» — to find Ann's height you add. Opposites: long (for length and time), tall (for height).
In the corpora
- Grown-ups often feel worried and short-tempered while they wait.
- A CV is a short, honest document about your skills, results and work, which employers read to decide whom to meet.
- Bots translate short, common phrases well and long or tricky messages less well.
- It was reported that scammers use AI to copy voices from short clips found online.
- Five lines give a good range of notes; for notes above or below the staff, short extra lines are added.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «short» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.