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Meaning of 'shortness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shortness [ n.]
- The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

Meaning of 'shortness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shortness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the condition of being short of something
Example in sentence:
  • can cause shortness of breath;
  • there was no shortness of money
Meaning (2):
- the property of being of short temporal extent
Example in sentence:
  • the shortness of air travel time
Meaning (3):
- the property of being of short spatial extent
Example in sentence:
  • the shortness of the Channel crossing

Nearby Words:

shoad shoading shoal shoaled shoaliness shoaling shoaly shoar shoat shock

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