English Explanatory Dictionary

short form

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.

Word forms

short form short forms

Synonyms

clipping shortening
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