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in the short term

in the short term prepositional phrase: relating to a relatively short period of time.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Relating to a relatively short period of time.
    • In the short term, diesel-powered trains will run between Oxford, Bletchley and Milton Keynes when this section of the railway starts running.2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 31

in the short term meaning in Arabic and Persian

in the short term in Arabic

Translations
عَلَى الْمَدَى الْقَرِيب ʕalā l-madā l-qarīb, عَلَى الْمَدَى الْقَصِير ʕalā l-madā l-qaṣīr

in the short term in Persian

Translations
در کوتاهمدت dar kutâh-moddat

Antonyms of in the short term

Questions about in the short term

What does in the short term mean?
In the short term means relating to a relatively short period of time.
What is in the short term in Arabic?
In the short term in Arabic is عَلَى الْمَدَى الْقَرِيب (ʕalā l-madā l-qarīb), عَلَى الْمَدَى الْقَصِير (ʕalā l-madā l-qaṣīr). See In the short term meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is in the short term?
In the short term is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the short term in the dictionary

  1. in the shadow of
  2. in the shit
  3. in the shitter
  4. in the shoes of
  5. in the short run
  6. in the short term
  7. in the snap of one's fingers
  8. in the soup
  9. in the space of
  10. in the spotlight
  11. in the stars

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