shorter

«shorter» in Mova's school dictionary: having less length than something else — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (comparative of short; short, shorter, shortest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Shorter means having less length than something else. tree →

2) Shorter means less tall: «Tom is shorter than Max». tree →

3) Shorter means lasting less time: «a shorter way home». tree →

sense in the lessons

less length than the thing before: «D shorter» is − D from the thing before; «How much shorter» asks for a difference; phrases: «shorter than», «the shortest», «a shorter way», «cut shorter»

examples

• The blue ribbon is 2 metres shorter. tree →
• Tom is 10 centimetres shorter than Max. tree →
• How much shorter is the pencil than the ruler? tree →
• Days get shorter in winter. tree →
• Let's take the shorter path through the park. tree →
• My little brother is shorter than me. tree →
• The shortest days of the year come in winter. tree →
• The new film is shorter than the old one. tree →
• "We must keep to the left; it is much shorter." tree →

note

«D shorter» is − D from the thing before. «How much shorter» asks for a difference: subtract. Trap: if the shorter length is given, the longer one is it + D. Opposite: longer, taller.

In the corpora

• Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.
• The seven letters of TEACHER also make CHEATER and HECTARE, and shorter words such as cheat, reach, each and heart.
• The five-letter word "short" becomes "shorter" when you add two letters.
• An overweight pet gets ill more often and lives a shorter life, so it needs fewer treats and more play.
• Being shorter, taller, wearing glasses or a hearing aid is normal, and nobody should be teased for it.

Trees and pragmatics

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