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/ˈʃɔːtɪst/ /ˈʃɔɹtɪst/

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adjective

Le plus court

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

Examples :

"The red crayon is the shortest crayon in the box. "

Le crayon rouge est le crayon le plus court de la boîte.

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adjective

Petit, de petite taille

(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Examples :

"Of all the students in her class, Maria is the shortest. "

De tous les élèves de sa classe, Maria est la plus petite.

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adjective

Le plus court

Having little duration.

Examples :

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

Notre réunion a duré six courtes minutes aujourd'hui. Chaque jour, le mois dernier, elle a duré au moins vingt minutes.

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Abrégé (de)

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

Examples :

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

« Phone » est l'abréviation de « telephone » et « asap » est l'abréviation de « as soon as possible ».

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Court, proche

(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

Examples :

"The shortest fielding position on the infield was occupied by the second baseman, right next to the base. "

La position de champ la plus courte à l'intérieur du terrain était occupée par le deuxième but, juste à côté de la base.

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Court

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

Examples :

"The shortest bounce from the ball during practice was the one that landed farthest away from the batter. "

Le rebond le plus court de la balle pendant l'entraînement était celui qui a atterri le plus loin du batteur.

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adjective

Court

(of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.

Examples :

""Her shortest putt rolled only halfway to the hole, leaving her a tricky second shot." "

Son putt le plus court n'a roulé qu'à mi-chemin du trou, ce qui lui a laissé un deuxième coup délicat.

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adjective

Friable

(of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)

Examples :

"The baker explained that the pie crust was wonderfully shortest because he had used plenty of butter. "

Le boulanger a expliqué que la pâte à tarte était merveilleusement friable parce qu'il avait utilisé beaucoup de beurre.

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Bref, brusque, sec

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

Examples :

"He gave a short answer to the question."

Il a donné une réponse brève à la question.

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Le plus court, le plus bref

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

Examples :

"a short supply of provisions"

Une provision de provisions la plus courte.

amount quality condition

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Insuffisant, inadéquat, déficient

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

Examples :

"Due to being shortest on funds this month, the family decided to skip their usual weekend trip. "

En raison d'un manque de fonds ce mois-ci, la famille a décidé de renoncer à son voyage habituel du week-end.

economy business finance condition

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Déficient, insuffisant

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

Examples :

"an account which is short of the truth"

Un compte rendu qui manque de vérité.

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Pur, non coupé

Undiluted; neat.

Examples :

"He drank his coffee shortest, without any milk or sugar. "

Il a bu son café pur, sans lait ni sucre.

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Le plus proche, le plus court

Not distant in time; near at hand.

Examples :

"The shortest path to success is through hard work and dedication. "

Le chemin le plus court vers le succès passe par le travail acharné et le dévouement.

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Être à découvert

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

Examples :

"The hedge fund took the shortest possible position on the overvalued tech stock, expecting its price to fall. "

Le fonds spéculatif a pris une position à découvert sur l'action technologique surévaluée, s'attendant à ce que son prix baisse.

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