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short-distance

short-distance adjective: relating to movement, travel, transport, or communication covering only a relatively small spatial extent.

Adjective

short-distance (comparative shorter-distance, superlative shortest-distance)

  1. Relating to movement, travel, transport, or communication covering only a relatively small spatial extent.
    • I suppose that nowadays the red-faced farmers, whose invariable topic (so a friendly guard who understood Welsh told me) was sheep and their prices, find their own cars or the buses more convenient than a Western Region main line for their short-distance peregrinations to market.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18
    • Short-distance rail travel in this district has been a doubtful proposition ever since buses were introduced.1962 June, “Letters to the Editor: Diesel suburban services in Bristol”, in Modern Railways, page 430
    Antonyms:
    long-distance

short-distance meaning in Tamil

short-distance in Tamil

குறுந்தொலைவு குறுந்தூரம்

Antonyms of short-distance

Forms of short-distance

comparativeshorter-distance
superlativeshortest-distance

Questions about short-distance

What does short-distance mean?
Short-distance means relating to movement, travel, transport, or communication covering only a relatively small spatial extent.
What is short-distance in Tamil?
Short-distance in Tamil is குறுந்தொலைவு குறுந்தூரம். See Short-distance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is short-distance?
Short-distance is an adjective.

Words near short-distance in the dictionary

  1. short-corner
  2. short-cut
  3. short-cuts
  4. short-cutting
  5. short-dated
  6. short-distance
  7. short-eared dog
  8. short-eared dogs
  9. short-eared fox
  10. short-eared foxes
  11. short-eared owl

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