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Short Kısa Long Time Adjective Shorter Opposite  /ʃɔːt  

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Kind adjective
Front short 
IPA  /ʃɔːt   / adjective (shorter; shortest)
Back kısa
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short (adjective)

 /ʃɔːt   / adjective (shorter; shortest)
 
LENGTH/DISTANCE
1 not measuring much from one end to the other
kısa
 a short line/distance/dress
 This essay is rather short.
 short hair
OPPOSITE LONG1
 verb shorten
HEIGHT
2 less than the average height
kısa boylu
 a short, fat man
OPPOSITE TALL
TIME
3 not lasting a long time
kısa
 a short visit/film
 She left a short time ago.
 to have a short memory
hafızası zayıf olmak
OPPOSITE LONG1
 verb shorten
NOT ENOUGH
4 short (of/on sth)
not having enough of what is needed
eksik, yetersiz
 Because of illness, the team is two players short.
 Good secretaries are in short supply.
 We're a bit short of money at the moment.
 Your essay is a bit short on detail.
 noun shortage
NAME/WORD
5 short for sth
used as a shorter way of saying sth
kısaltılmışı, kısa adı
 ‘Bill’ is short for ‘William’.
IMPATIENT
6 short (with sb)
(used about a person) speaking in an impatient and angry way to sb
kaba davranan
 What's the matter with Michael? He was really short with me just now.
 adverb shortly
IDIOMS
for short
as a short form
kısaca
 She's called ‘Diana’, or ‘Di’ for short.
in the long/short term
over a long/short period of time in the future
uzun/kısa vadede
 We're aiming at a tax rate of 20% in the long term.
in short
in a few words
kısaca, sözün kısası
 Einstein had one of the greatest minds the world has ever known: in short, he was a genius.
 

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