Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being short.
- noun Fewness of words; brevity; conciseness.
- noun Want of reach, or of the power of retention: as, the shortness of the memory.
- noun Deficiency; imperfection; limited extent; poverty: as, the shortness of our reason; shortness of provisious.
- noun Curtness; sharpness: as, her temper was evident from the shortness of her answers.
- noun Brittleness; friability; crispness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The property of being
short , of being small ofstature orbrief . - noun countable The result or product of being
short .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being of short temporal extent
- noun the condition of being short of something
- noun the property of being truncated or short
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- noun the property of being shorter than average stature
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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During Yar'Adua's 2007 presidential campaign, he left the country two weeks before the vote to receive medical care in Germany after experiencing what he described as a shortness of breath.
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During Yar'Adua's 2007 presidential campaign, he left the country two weeks before the vote to receive medical care in Germany after experiencing what he described as a shortness of breath.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Jon Gambrell 2010
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During his 2007 presidential campaign, he left the country two weeks before the vote to receive medical care in Germany after experiencing what he described as a shortness of breath.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Some patients have long-term shortness of breath with episodes of increased shortness of breath.
Apple Juice Shown to Prevent Asthma in Children | Impact Lab 2007
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1 Mayyafarikin, whose adjective for shortness is “Fárikí”: the place is often mentioned in The Nights as the then capital of Diyár Bakr, thirty parasangs from Násibín, the classical Nisibis, between the upper Euphrates and Tigris.
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There was a great deal of concern here in Washington, across the United States yesterday, when the vice president made an unexpected trip to the hospital after experiencing what was described as a shortness of breath.
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"You can't call a shortness left from a broken leg LAME!"
Sisters Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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If you have any unusual symptoms, such as shortness of breath, wheezing, or difficulty taking fluids, you should seek immediate help.
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If you have any unusual symptoms, such as shortness of breath, wheezing, or difficulty taking fluids, you should seek immediate help.
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In children with trisomy 21, PDAs are less likely to close; however, because Katie was not experiencing symptoms such as shortness of breath, Dr. Gleason assured her parents that the best tactic was to monitor, rather than immediately treat, the abnormality.
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