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Term: short

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "short": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

short

Definitions

Noun

  1. The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  2. Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
  3. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

Adjective

  1. Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
  2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
  3. Low in stature; not tall
  4. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  5. Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
  6. Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

Verb

  1. Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
  2. Create a short circuit in

Adverb

  1. Quickly and without warning
  2. Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
  3. Clean across
  4. At some point or distance before a goal is reached
  5. So as to interrupt
  6. At a disadvantage
  7. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "short".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 short 1 212
2 shortly 2 34
3 shorts 1 29
4 shorter 2 19
5 shortage 2 16
6 short-term 2 14
7 shortened 2 7
8 shortstop 2 7
9 shortcomings 3 5
10 shortsighted 3 5
11 shorten 2 4
12 short-lived 2 3
13 shortages 3 3
14 shortening 3 3
15 shortest 2 3
16 shortcuts 2 2
17 shorthand 2 2
18 shortcut 2 1
19 shortness 2 1
20 shortsightedness 4 1
21 short-sighted 3 0
22 short-winded 3 0
23 shortall 2 0
24 shortcake 2 0
25 shortchange 2 0
26 shortchanged 2 0
27 shortchanging 3 0
28 shortcoming 3 0
29 shorted 2 0
30 shortell 2 0
31 shortens 2 0
32 shorter's 2 0
33 shortfall 2 0
34 shortfalls 2 0
35 shortgrass 2 0
36 shorthair 2 0
37 shorthaired 2 0
38 shorting 2 0
39 shortlived 2 0
40 shortridge 2 0
41 shorts' 1 0
42 shortt 1 0
43 shortterm 2 0
44 shortwave 2 0
45 shorty 2 0
46 shortz 1 0
47 shortz' 1 0
48 shortz's 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "short".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 schardt 1 0
2 shortt 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "short".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sort 1 164
2 shot 1 113
3 shortly 2 34
4 shorts 1 29
5 shots 1 29
6 shorter 2 19
7 sport 1 17
8 sorts 1 12
9 shout 1 8
10 shorten 2 4
11 snort 1 3
12 shortz 1 0
13 shorty 2 0
14 shortt 1 0
15 shor 1 0
16 shortz' 1 0
17 shorts' 1 0
18 shorted 2 0
19 shobert 2 0
20 shott 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "short" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 short period 3 4
2 short story 2 4
3 short time 1 3
4 short stories 2 3
5 short distance 2 2
6 short view 1 2
7 short of 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "short" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 a short 1 15
2 the short 1 4
3 of short 1 3
4 and short 1 2
5 very short 2 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "short" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 given 2 2
2 planet 2 2
3 based 1 2
4 published 2 2
5 collection 3 2
6 books 1 2
7 anthropology 5 2
8 buildings 2 2
9 pamphlet 2 2
10 take 1 2
11 featuring 3 2
12 downtown 2 2
13 posted 2 2
14 asimov's 3 2
15 page 1 2
16 horse 1 2
17 hairs 1 2
18 napoleon 4 2
19 saw 1 2
20 relatively 4 2
21 known 1 2
22 every 3 2
23 gave 1 2
24 demonstrate 3 2
25 speeds 1 2
26 loop 1 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "short".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shirt 1 27
2 short-term 2 14
3 short-lived 2 3
4 short-sighted 3 0
5 short-winded 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 18

Fragments: 48

Sound Alikes: 2

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 7

Words that Precede: 5

Statistically Associated: 26

Consonant Matches: 5

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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