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short‐term

short‐term is the alternative form of short-term.

Meaning of short-term

Adjective

short-term (comparative more short-term or shorter-term, superlative most short-term or shortest-term)

  1. Of or pertaining to the near or immediate future.
    • This short-term plan deals with the next few days.
  2. Of or pertaining to a short duration of time.
    • short-term exposure

See all 3 meanings of short-term

Forms of short‐term

Adjective
comparativemore short‐term
superlativemost short‐term
Adverb
comparativemore short‐term
superlativemost short‐term

Questions about short‐term

What is short‐term the alternative form of?
Short‐term is the alternative form of short-term.

Words near short‐term in the dictionary

  1. shortwools
  2. shorty
  3. shorty shorts
  4. Shortz
  5. Shortzian
  6. short‐term
  7. Shorwell
  8. shory
  9. Shorzha
  10. shos
  11. Shosh

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