short
/ʃɔːt/ adjectiveTranslation
DISTANCE › having a small distance from one end to the other
kısa
short, brown hair short legs a short skirt1949TIME › continuing for a small amount of time
az, kısa
a short visit There's a short break for coffee between classes.1542BOOK › A short book or other piece of writing has few pages or words.
kısa/ az metin içeren
a short article/story19491206PERSON › A short person is not as tall as most people.
kısa (kişi)
She's short and slim with dark hair.1949NOT HAVING ENOUGH › not having enough of something
yetersiz, az, biraz
I'm a bit short of money at the moment. Would you like to play? We're a couple of people short. He seemed a bit short of breath (= having difficulty breathing).14171822 be short for sth › to be a shorter way of saying the same thing
kısa yazılışı/söylenişi olmak; kısa şekli olmak
'Mick' is short for 'Michael'.1223 be short with sb › to talk to someone quickly in an angry or rude way
shortness noun [U] › azarlamak, nezaketsiz/kaba/sert davranmak
1143kısalık
→ See also in the long/short run(Definition of short adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “short”
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
