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at short notice

at short notice prepositional phrase: with very little warning or preparation time.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) With very little warning or preparation time.
    • This was first introduced on November 7, 1960, but suspended on December 17 because of defects which caused explosions, and a steam service substituted at short notice, as described in our July issue.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: "Blue trains" run again”, in Trains Illustrated, page 644

at short notice meaning in Tamil and Kannada

at short notice in Tamil

உடனே, குறைந்த நேரமே கொடுக்கப்படும் நிலை

at short notice in Kannada

ಅತ್ಯಲ್ಪಕಾಲದ ಅವಕಾಶ ಕೊಟ್ಟು

Forms of at short notice

alternative USon short notice

Questions about at short notice

What does at short notice mean?
At short notice means with very little warning or preparation time.
What is at short notice in Tamil?
At short notice in Tamil is உடனே, குறைந்த நேரமே கொடுக்கப்படும் நிலை. See At short notice meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is at short notice?
At short notice is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at short notice in the dictionary

  1. at rovers
  2. at scale
  3. at school
  4. at sea
  5. at second hand
  6. at short notice
  7. at short sight
  8. at sight
  9. at sign
  10. at signs
  11. at six and seven

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at short notice (page history and authors); at short notice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); at short notice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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