"shortness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shortnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English schortnesse, from Old English sċortness, sċeortnyss, equivalent to short + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schortnesse}} Middle English schortnesse, {{inh|en|ang|sċortness}} Old English sċortness, {{suf|en|short|ness}} short + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shortness (countable and uncountable, plural shortnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief. Tags: uncountable Translations (The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief): βραχύτης (brakhútēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), قِصَر (qiṣar) [masculine] (Arabic), qısalıq (Azerbaijani), کورتی (kurtî) (Central Kurdish), korthed [common-gender] (Danish), malalteco (Esperanto), lühidus (Estonian), vähesus (Estonian), lyhyys (Finnish), täpäryys (Finnish), exiguïté [feminine] (French), curtidade [feminine] (Galician), Kürze [feminine] (German), naassuseq (Greenlandic), giorracht [feminine] (Irish), giorra [feminine] (Irish), 짧음 (jjalbeum) (Korean), کوتاهی (kutâhi) (Persian), кра́ткость (krátkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), korthet (Swedish), kısalık (Turkish), bref (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-shortness-en-noun-K3ESpYVo Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 57 29 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 26 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 64 28 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 64 18 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 95 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 89 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 82 13 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 76 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 76 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 76 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 78 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 81 13 6 Disambiguation of 'The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief': 76 7 16
  2. (countable) The result or product of being short. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-shortness-en-noun-1vmFRWny
  3. (uncountable) The property of being short or terse. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-shortness-en-noun-vGGzQpWt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shortness of breath

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "naassuseq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "giorracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "giorra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jjalbeum",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "짧음"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "kurtî",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "کورتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kutâhi",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "کوتاهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krátkostʹ",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́ткость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "korthet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "kısalık"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief",
      "word": "bref"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shortness"
}

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