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English

Adjective

short

  1. The state of having a small distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point. Short can apply to both horizontal and vertical dimensions.
    • Short in the positive vertical dimension is usually said short, but short in the negative vertical dimension is referred to as shallow.

Synonyms

low, narrow, slim, shallow

Antonyms

tall, high, wide, broad, deep

Translations

  • Dutch: kort (1), korte (1), dicht (1), dichte (1), klein (2), kleine (2)
  • Finnish: lyhyt
  • Indonesian: pendek
  • Italian: corto
  • Japanese: 短い (みじかい , mijikai)
  • Swedish: kort

French

  1. kind of clothes mainly used in summer.
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short.



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