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short form

short form noun: a word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.

Noun

short form (plural short forms)

  1. A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
    • Tux is a short form of tuxedo.
    • Rob is a short form of Robert.
    Synonyms:
    clipping, shortening
  2. Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.
    • нов, нова, ново, новы (nov, nova, novo, novy) are short forms of новый (novyj).

Synonyms of short form

Forms of short form

pluralshort forms

Questions about short form

What does short form mean?
Short form means a word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
What part of speech is short form?
Short form is a noun.
What is the plural of short form?
The plural of short form is short forms.

Words near short form in the dictionary

  1. short filenames
  2. short film
  3. short films
  4. short finals
  5. short for
  6. short form
  7. short forms
  8. short fuse
  9. short fuses
  10. Short Green
  11. short gross

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