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shortcuts

Syllables: short·cuts/ˈʃɔːtkʌts/

shortcuts is the plural of shortcut.

shortcuts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shortcut.

Meaning of shortcut

Noun

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

  1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
  2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
    • East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15
  3. A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.
    • There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.

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Phrases with shortcuts

Questions about shortcuts

What is shortcuts the plural of?
Shortcuts is the plural of shortcut.
How do you pronounce shortcuts?
Shortcuts is pronounced /ˈʃɔːtkʌts/.

Words near shortcuts in the dictionary

  1. shortcrust pastries
  2. shortcrust pastry
  3. shortcut
  4. shortcut key
  5. shortcut keys
  6. shortcuts
  7. shortcutted
  8. shortcutter
  9. shortcutters
  10. shortcutting
  11. shorte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortcuts (page history and authors); shortcut (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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