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shortest

adjective
USSHOR-tist/ˈʃɔɹtɪst/UKSHAW-tist/ˈʃɔːtɪst/AUSSHOH-tist/ˈʃoːtɪst/

1 meaning of shortest

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Superlative of short.

    She chose the shortest route to avoid the evening traffic.

    February is the shortest month of the year.

    Note

    Built with -est rather than with most, as one-syllable adjectives usually are. It carries every measuring sense of short: distance (the shortest route), height (the shortest child in the class) and duration (the shortest month). It also stretches to length of text, which is why Ogden Nash's two-word "Fleas" can be called the shortest poem in English.

shortest is a form of short

short, adjective: Having only a small distance from one end or edge to another, whether measured across or up and down. Full entry

Forms
shortshorter comparativeshortest superlative
Spelling
short → shortest: add -est

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