shortcut

«shortcut» in Mova's school dictionary: a quicker or shorter way to get somewhere — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a shortcut, shortcuts)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shortcut is a quicker or shorter way to get somewhere. tree →

2) A quicker way of doing something, like a trick in maths. tree →

3) On a computer, a key combination or icon that does something quickly. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and safety: "Don't take shortcuts through the woods or across railway lines." In maths: a mental maths shortcut (to multiply by 10, move the digits). In computing: keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+C to copy. A warning phrase: "There are no shortcuts to learning".

examples

• We took a shortcut through the park. tree →
• Never take a shortcut across the railway tracks. tree →
• A shortcut for 9 times a number is 10 times minus one time. tree →
• Press Ctrl+Z as a shortcut to undo. tree →
• Put a shortcut to the game on the desktop. tree →
• There's no shortcut to learning to read. tree →

note

Countable. Also written "short cut" in British English. A shortcut is not always safe or correct; check your answer.

In the corpora

• Ollie tried a shortcut: he secretly downloaded the free demo of an older game on the family console.
• No shortcuts?» Sam is so relieved he laughs.
• A canal is a waterway dug by people, a shortcut where nature left none.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shortcut» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.