How to pronounce“short”in English
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Definitions of “short”
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
“Nhung Ngo had the shortest legs at Site-43. She was the shortest member of staff, two inches beneath the positively elfin Delfina Ibanez, and yet Lillian found her inexplicably difficult to shake. Power-walking down the halls didn't do the trick, as it always did when Wettle-dodging, since the diminutive headshrink kept disappearing into commissaries or service corridors or even other people's offices and emerging, smiling, in front of her.”
Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
“They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.”
Unawares.
“The recent developments at work caught them short.”