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short-term

short-term adjective: of or pertaining to the near or immediate future.

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.
    • short-term economic gain in the garb of science
  2. Of or pertaining to a short duration of time.
    • short-term exposure

Adverb

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

  1. Over a relatively short period of time.
    Antonyms:
    long-term

short-term meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Indonesian and Vietnamese

short-term in Tamil

குறுகியகால

short-term in Kannada

ಅಲ್ಪಾವಧಿಯ

short-term in Indonesian

of the near or immediate future
jangka pendek

short-term in Vietnamese

of a short duration of time
ngắn hạn

Synonyms of short-term

Antonyms

Forms of short-term

Adjective
comparativemore short-term
comparativeshorter-term
superlativemost short-term
superlativeshortest-term
alternative formshort term
alternative formshort‐term
alternative formshortterm
Adverb
comparativemore short-term
comparativeshorter-term
superlativemost short-term
superlativeshortest-term

Origin of short-term

From short + term.

Words formed from short-term

Phrases with short-term

Questions about short-term

What does short-term mean?
Short-term means of or pertaining to the near or immediate future.
What is short-term in Tamil?
Short-term in Tamil is குறுகியகால. See Short-term meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is short-term?
Short-term can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near short-term in the dictionary

  1. short-tailed parrot
  2. short-tailed parrots
  3. short-tailed weasel
  4. short-tailed weasels
  5. short-tempered
  6. short-term
  7. short-term memory
  8. short-termer
  9. short-termers
  10. short-termism
  11. short-termist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short-term (page history and authors); short-term (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); short-term (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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