Plural of short
regular plural
The plural of short is shorts.
Forms of short
| Singular | short /ʃɔːt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shorts /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Shorts in a sentence
- The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
- The company’s stock is one of the largest shorts in the market, meaning many investors are betting it could fall even farther.2025 August 25, Julie Creswell, “Krispy Kreme Bets on Big-Box Stores to Stay Fresh”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
- I wear boxer shorts under trousers but for sports I usually wear a brief.From the entry brief
- He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.From the entry strange
- The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.From the entry model
Meaning of short
- adjective Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- adjective Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- adjective Having little duration.
Questions about the plural of short
- What is the plural of short?
- The plural of short is shorts.
- Is short countable?
- Short is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: short (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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