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short ues

short ues is the plural of short u.

Meaning of short u

Noun

short u (plural short ues or short u's)

  1. The vowel sound /ʌ/, as in the words "cut" and "run". (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in rebutting as contrasted with refuting.)
    Antonyms:
    long u

Questions about short ues

What is short ues the plural of?
Short ues is the plural of short u.

Words near short ues in the dictionary

  1. short trousers
  2. short twentieth centuries
  3. short twentieth century
  4. short u
  5. short u's
  6. short ues
  7. short view
  8. short vowel
  9. short vowels
  10. short wave
  11. short waves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short ues (page history and authors); short u (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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