Definizione monolingua

short

short (third-person singular simple present shorts, present participle shorting, simple past and past participle shorted)

1. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
2. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
3. (transitive) To shortchange.
4. (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

   This is the third time Ive caught them shorting us.

5. (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.

short (plural shorts)

1. A short circuit.
2. (baseball) shortstop

   Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

3. (finance) A short seller

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

4. (finance) A short sale

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

short (comparative shorter, superlative shortest)

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. Having little duration; opposite of long.

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

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

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

5. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman
6. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman
7. brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust
8. missing, deficient

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

9. Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

   Im short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

short (not comparable)

1. abruptly

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

2. unawares

   The recent developments at work caught them short.

3. briefly

   The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.

4. curtly

   He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

5. without achieving a goal or requirement

   His speech fell short of what was expected.

6. (cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full
7. (finance) With a negative ownership position.

   We went short most finance companies in July.

Definizione dizionario short

	corto
	having little duration
	having a small distance between ends or edges

breve

	cortocircuito
	An unintentional electrical connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuitry or installation

	piccolo
	of a person, of comparatively little height

a breve

basso

bruscamente

brusco

conciso

corte

cortometraggio

curtu

di colpo

forte

fragile

friabile

insufficiente

meno

minore

minuto

poco

scarso

secco

succinto

Altri significati:

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

baseball: shortstop

(intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

curtly

Having little duration; opposite of long.

business: to sell sthg one does not own at the moment

(finance) A short seller

short (of height)

short (e.g. a circuit)

briefly

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

(cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full

short (build)

A short circuit.

unawares

transitive: to cause a short circuit

(of a person) Of comparatively little height.

short (physical length)

Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

(baseball) shortstop

brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust

short (distance)

to provide with smaller than agreed quantity

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

short (of time)

missing, deficient

(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 .

a short circuit

abruptly

without achieving a goal or requirement

constituting an abbreviation (for)

(cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman

(transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

low (height, tone, rank, degree, cost, etc.)

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

intransitive: to short circuit

short (e.g. story, film)

short (of a person)

(transitive) To shortchange.

(cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman

(finance) A short sale

Small in length by comparison.

(of length) short