Long vs. Short
Longadjective
Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below.
Longadjective
Having great duration.
Longadjective
Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
Longadjective
Not short; tall.
Longadjective
(finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
Longadjective
(cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
Longadjective
That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
Longadjective
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
Longadjective
(archaic) On account of, because of.
Longadverb
Over a great distance in space.
Longadverb
For a particular duration.
Longadverb
For a long duration.
Longnoun
(linguistics) A long vowel.
Longnoun
(programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
Longnoun
(finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
Longnoun
(music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
Longnoun
longitude
Longverb
To take a long position in.
Longverb
(intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
Longverb
(archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
Longadjective
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; - opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
Longadjective
Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
Longadjective
Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
Longadjective
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
Longadjective
Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
Longadjective
Far-reaching; extensive.
Longadjective
Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; - said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22, 30.
Longadjective
Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short.
Longnoun
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
Longnoun
A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
Longnoun
The longest dimension; the greatest extent; - in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.
Longadverb
To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.
Longadverb
To a great extent in time; during a long time.
Longadverb
At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
Longadverb
Through the whole extent or duration.
Longadverb
Through an extent of time, more or less; - only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
Longpreposition
By means of; by the fault of; because of.
Longverb
To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; - followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.
Longverb
To belong; - used with to, unto, or for.
Longnoun
a comparatively long time;
Longverb
desire strongly or persistently
Longadjective
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified;
Longadjective
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;
Longadjective
of relatively great height;
Longadjective
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;
Longadjective
of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
Longadjective
used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
Longadjective
involving substantial risk;
Longadjective
(of memory) having greater than average range;
Longadjective
planning prudently for the future;
Longadjective
having or being more than normal or necessary:
Longadverb
for an extended time or at a distant time;
Longadverb
for an extended distance
Shortadjective
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Shortadjective
(of a person) Of comparatively little height.
Shortadjective
Having little duration; opposite of long.
Shortadjective
(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
Shortadjective
that is relatively close to the batsman.
Shortadjective
that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
Shortadjective
that falls short of the green or the hole.
Shortadjective
(of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.
Shortadjective
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
Shortadjective
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
Shortadjective
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
Shortadjective
Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
Shortadjective
(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
Shortadjective
Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Shortadverb
Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
Shortadverb
Unawares.
Shortadverb
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
Shortadverb
Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
Shortadverb
(finance) With a negative ownership position.
Shortnoun
A short circuit.
Shortnoun
A short film.
Shortnoun
Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
Shortnoun
(baseball) A shortstop.
Shortnoun
(finance) A short seller.
Shortnoun
(finance) A short sale.
Shortnoun
A summary account.
Shortnoun
(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
Shortnoun
(programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
Shortverb
(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
Shortverb
(intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
Shortverb
(transitive) To shortchange.
Shortverb
(transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
Shortverb
To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
Shortverb
(obsolete) To shorten.
Shortpreposition
Deficient in.
Shortpreposition
(finance) Having a negative position in.
Shortadjective
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Shortadjective
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Shortadjective
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Shortadjective
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; - usually with of; as, to be short of money.
Shortadjective
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Shortadjective
Not distant in time; near at hand.
Shortadjective
Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Shortadjective
Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); - with of.
Shortadjective
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Shortadjective
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Shortadjective
Brittle.
Shortadjective
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
Shortadjective
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; - opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22, 30.
Shortnoun
A summary account.
Shortnoun
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
Shortnoun
Short, inferior hemp.
Shortnoun
Breeches; shortclothes.
Shortnoun
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
Shortadverb
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
Shortverb
To shorten.
Shortverb
To fail; to decrease.
Shortnoun
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Shortnoun
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Shortnoun
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
Shortverb
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Shortverb
create a short-circuit in
Shortadjective
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;
Shortadjective
primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length;
Shortadjective
low in stature; not tall;
Shortadjective
not sufficient to meet a need;
Shortadjective
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;
Shortadjective
of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
Shortadjective
containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes;
Shortadjective
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
Shortadjective
used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
Shortadjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;
Shortadjective
lacking foresight or scope;
Shortadjective
unwilling to endure;
Shortadjective
quickly aroused to anger;
Shortadjective
most direct;
Shortadjective
marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
Shortadverb
quickly and without warning;
Shortadverb
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;
Shortadverb
clean across;
Shortadverb
at some point or distance before a goal is reached;
Shortadverb
so as to interrupt;
Shortadverb
at a disadvantage;
Shortadverb
tightly;
Shortadverb
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;
Shortadjective
measuring a small distance from end to end
Shortadjective
(of a journey) covering a small distance
Shortadjective
(of a garment or sleeves on a garment) only covering the top part of a person's arms or legs
Shortadjective
(of a person) small in height
Shortadjective
(of a ball in cricket, a shot in tennis, etc.) travelling only a small distance before bouncing
Shortadjective
denoting fielding positions relatively close to the batsman
Shortadjective
lasting or taking a small amount of time
Shortadjective
seeming to last less time than is the case; passing quickly
Shortadjective
(of a person's memory) retaining things for only a small amount of time
Shortadjective
(of stocks or other securities or commodities) sold in advance of being acquired, with reliance on the price falling so that a profit can be made.
Shortadjective
(of a broker, position in the market, etc.) buying or based on short stocks or other securities or commodities.
Shortadjective
denoting or having a relatively early date for the maturing of a bill of exchange.
Shortadjective
relatively small in extent
Shortadjective
not having enough of (something); lacking or deficient in
Shortadjective
in insufficient supply
Shortadjective
(of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard British English the vowel /ʊ/ in good is short as distinct from the long vowel /uː/ in food).
Shortadjective
(of a vowel or syllable) having the lesser of the two recognized durations.
Shortadjective
(of a person) terse; uncivil
Shortadjective
(of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability
Shortadjective
(of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly.
Shortadjective
(of clay) having poor plasticity.
Shortadverb
(chiefly in sport) at, to, or over a relatively small distance
Shortadverb
not as far as the point aimed at; not far enough
Shortnoun
a drink of spirits served in a small measure.
Shortnoun
a short film as opposed to a feature film.
Shortnoun
a short sound such as a short signal in Morse code or a short vowel or syllable
Shortnoun
a short circuit.
Shortnoun
a person who sells short.
Shortnoun
short-dated stocks.
Shortnoun
a mixture of bran and coarse flour.
Shortverb
short-circuit or cause to short-circuit
Shortverb
sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls
