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Definition of 'shortness'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shortness
the property of being of short spatial extent
"the shortness of the Channel crossing"

2. (noun) shortness
the condition of being short of something
"there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"

3. (noun) shortness, truncation
the property of being truncated or short

4. (noun) shortness
the property of being of short temporal extent
"the shortness of air travel time"

5. (noun) shortness
the property of being shorter than average stature

6. (noun) abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
an abrupt discourteous manner

Definition of 'shortness'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shortness
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

Translation of 'shortness'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not as far as intended The shot fell short.
Afrikaans: kortheid	Arabic: قِصَر	Bulgarian: краткост
Brazilian: deficiência	Czech: krátkost	German: die Kürze
Danish: korthed	Greek: βραχύτητα, συντομία, έλλε	Spanish: brevedad
Estonian: lühidus	Farsi: كوتاهي	Finnish: lyhyys
French: brièveté	Hebrew: נָמוּך קוֹמָה	Hindi: छोटापन
Croatian: kratkoća, nedostatak	Hungarian: rövidség; hiány; törékeny	Indonesian: pendeknya, kurangnya
Icelandic: stuttleiki, skammleiki	Italian: brevità; (bassa statura)	Japanese: 短いこと
Korean: 짧음	Lithuanian: trumpumas, stoka	Latvian: īsums; nepietiekamība
Malay: kependekan	Dutch: kortheid	Norwegian: korthet; kort vekst
Polish: krótkość, braki, kruchość	Persian: كوتاهي	Pashto: لنډوالى، لنډون، لږوالى
Portuguese: deficiência	Romanian: scurtime	Russian: краткость
Slovak: krátkosť	Slovenian: kratkost	Serbian: kratkoća
Swedish: korthet, kortvarighet, kn	Thai: ความสั้น	Turkish: kısalık
Taiwanese: 短，矮	Ukrainian: стислість; нестаток	Urdu: قلت
Vietnamese: sự ngắn gọn, sự tinh giòn	Chinese: 短，矮
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