"in short" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-us-in-short.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} in short
  1. As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told. Synonyms: at the end of the day, in a nutshell, in a word, in summary Translations (as a summary): ἐν βραχεῖ (en brakheî) (Ancient Greek), ἔμβραχυ (émbrakhu) (Ancient Greek), بِاخْتِصَار (Arabic), ҡыҫҡаһы (qıśqahı) (Bashkir), оҙон һүҙҙең ҡыҫҡыһы (oźon hüźźeñ qıśqıhı) (Bashkir), әйтәгүр (əytəgür) (Bashkir), en resum (Catalan), tot plegat (Catalan), 總之 (Chinese Mandarin), 总之 (zǒngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), in het kort (Dutch), lyhyesti sanottuna (Finnish), en bref (French), en résumé (French), en un mot (French), εν συντομία (en syntomía) (Greek), in breve (Italian), in quattro parole (Italian), in sostanza (Italian), 要するに (yōsuruni) (Japanese), i korthet (Norwegian Bokmål), خلاصه (xolâse) (Persian), w kilku słowach (Polish), w skrócie (Polish), коро́че говоря́ (koróče govorjá) (Russian), aultsorsa (Tocharian B), коро́тше ка́жучи (korótše kážučy) (Ukrainian), אַ כּלל (a klal) (Yiddish)

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      "sense": "as a summary",
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      "word": "ἐν βραχεῖ"
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "ἔμβραχυ"
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "in breve"
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      "sense": "as a summary",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "as a summary",
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "i korthet"
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "خلاصه"
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "w kilku słowach"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "w skrócie"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "коро́че говоря́"
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      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "aultsorsa"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "korótše kážučy",
      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "коро́тше ка́жучи"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "a klal",
      "sense": "as a summary",
      "word": "אַ כּלל"
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