Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Involving or lasting a relatively brief time.
- adjective Payable or reaching maturity within a relatively brief time, such as a year.
- adjective Acquired over a relatively brief time.
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- adjective of or pertaining to the near or immediate future.
- adjective of or pertaining to a short duration of time
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or extending over a limited period
Etymologies
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Examples
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So now the IMF is crafting what it calls the short-term liquidity credit line as part of a G-20 effort to strengthen the world's capacity to prevent and respond to economic shocks.
IMF Plan Sees Role for Fund in Crises Ian Talley 2011
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A spokesman for Rick Perry says the Texas governor does not support what he called "short-term gimmicks."
News 2011
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In his own sights are what he calls a "short-term, take-what-you-can, in-it-for-yourself " capitalism and the divide it creates between the top 1 per cent and the other 99 per cent.
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"There's really an inherent tension in our minds between what we refer to as short-term goals and long-term ones," DeSteno says.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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This is called short-term displacement or the "harvesting" effect of pollution.
Traffic fumes can trigger heart attacks, say researchers 2011
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That they could allow such a resource to be lost, and lost for ever, is far more than a dereliction of duty – even a banana republic would blush at the callousness of letting something so good and worthwhile go in the name of short-term cuts Fiona Millar, Education, 12 April.
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If the stock sold had been purchased less than a year ago, the trades are classified as short-term.
Rescue Your Money Ric Edelman 2009
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If the stock sold had been purchased less than a year ago, the trades are classified as short-term.
Rescue Your Money Ric Edelman 2009
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The immediate memory for events that have just happened is called short-term memory.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Christian insight vigorous forms of meditative state, desciption of memory long-term short-term memory and memories accuracy of childhood of children false neurobiology of neurological disorders and
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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