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on short notice

on short notice is the alternative form of at short notice.

Meaning of at short notice

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

Questions about on short notice

What is on short notice the alternative form of?
On short notice is the alternative form of at short notice.

Words near on short notice in the dictionary

  1. on second thoughts
  2. on seen
  3. on serve
  4. on shaky ground
  5. on shipboard
  6. on short notice
  7. on show
  8. on side
  9. on sides
  10. on sight
  11. on sights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on short notice (page history and authors); at short notice (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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