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short lists

short lists is the plural of short list.

Meaning of short list

Noun

short list (plural short lists)

  1. A list of candidates selected from a longer list, and from which one or more successful candidates are in turn selected.
  2. (broadly) A list of the highest-ranked (most important) items from a longer list.
    Synonyms:
    hotlist
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, list.

Questions about short lists

What is short lists the plural of?
Short lists is the plural of short list.

Words near short lists in the dictionary

  1. short leg
  2. short legs
  3. short line
  4. short lines
  5. short list
  6. short lists
  7. short loin
  8. short loins
  9. short man syndrome
  10. short measure
  11. short message service

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short lists (page history and authors); short list (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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