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shorter

SHOR-tur/ˈʃɔɹtɚ/SaySHOR-tuhUK/ˈʃɔːtə/AUS/ˈʃoːtə/

Noun pluralshorters

3 meanings of shorter

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Comparative of short. Use it to say one thing has less length or time than another.

    This rope is shorter than the one we used yesterday.

    Take the shorter path so we get home before dark.

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  2. 2
    nouncolloquialcountable
    A person who tries to make money when a stock's price goes down.

    Like someone betting a price will go down instead of up.

    The shorter made a big profit when the stock crashed.

    Several shorters lost money when prices suddenly jumped.

    Similarbear

    Oppositebull

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  3. 3
    nounobsoleteUK
    A person who used to cheat by cutting tiny bits of metal off coins to sell.

    Like secretly scraping a little gold off each coin to keep for yourself.

    The shorter was caught shaving metal from gold coins.

    Two shorters were jailed for ruining the king's money.

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shorter is a form of short

short, adjective: Measuring only a small distance from one end to the other. Full entry

Forms
shortshorter comparativeshortest superlative
Spelling
short → shorter: add -er

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