Översättning av short – engelska till svenska

having a small distance between ends or edges
kortettsubstantiv, adjektiv, adverbkʊrtlyssna
1. av begränsad längd
Betalar du kontant eller med kort (=kontokort)?
ett kort, kortet, kort, korten
to cause a short circuit
kortslutaverblyssna
orsaka kortslutning
kortsluter, kortslöt, kortslutit
constituting an abbreviation or shortened form

förkortningensubstantivlyssna
ord eller bokstavskombination som står för ett längre ord eller en fras; kort variant av ett ord eller en fras
Teve är en förkortning av television.
en förkortning, förkortningen, förkortningar, förkortningarna
övriga betydelser
kortvarigadjektivlyssna
kortlivad

Uttal

/ʃɔːt/

Etymologi

From schort, short, from sċeort, sċort, from *skurt, from *skurtaz ("short"), from *(s)ker-. shirt.

Definition av short

A short circuit.
A short film.
A short version of a garment in a particular size.
(baseball) A shortstop.

(finance) A short seller.

(finance) A short sale or short position.

A summary account.

(phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.

(programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

(US, slang) An automobile.

(Philippines) .

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).

(intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.

(transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.

(transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

(obsolete) To shorten.

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.

Having little duration.

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

(cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.

(cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.

(golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.

(baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.

Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

(colloquial) Undiluted; neat.

(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.

(finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

(by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.

(finance, dated) Of money, given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

Unawares.

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

(cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

in.

(finance) Having a negative position in.

visa fler

Synonymer

low
narrow
slim
shallow
little
brief
concise
pint-sized

petite

titchy

lacking

visa fler

Exempel

The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short?
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.

You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.

This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.

Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.

"Phone" is short for "telephone" and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".

shortbread

hot short

He gave a short answer to the question.

a short supply of provisions

to be short of money

I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present.

The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.

an account which is short of the truth

I'm short in General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.

He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.

The recent developments at work caught them short.

We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm.

His speech fell short of what was expected.

We went short most finance companies in July.

We are short a few men on the second shift.

He's short common sense.

I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend.

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Avledningar

shorten
shortie
shorty

Sammansättningar

shorthand
short-arse
short-change
shortchange
shortfall

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