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short|fall /ʃɔː ^r tfɔːl/ (shortfalls ) N‑COUNT If there is a shortfall in something, there is less of it than you need. □ [+ in ] The government has refused to make up a £30,000 shortfall in funding.

short|hand /ʃɔː ^r thænd/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Shorthand is a quick way of writing and uses signs to represent words or syllables. Shorthand is used by secretaries and journalists to write down what someone is saying. □  Ben took notes in shorthand.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft a N ] You can use shorthand to mean a quick or simple way of referring to something. □  We've been friends so long we have a kind of shorthand. We don't really need to speak.

sho rt-ha nded also shorthanded ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If a company, organization, or group is short-handed , it does not have enough people to work on a particular job or for a particular purpose. □  We're actually a bit short-handed at the moment.

sho rt|hand ty p|ist (shorthand typists ) N‑COUNT A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office. [BRIT ] in AM, use stenographer

sho rt-haul ADJ [ADJ n] Short-haul is used to describe things that involve transporting passengers or goods over short distances. Compare long-haul . □  Short-haul flights operate from Heathrow and Gatwick.

short|ish /ʃɔː ^r t I ʃ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Shortish means fairly short. □  …a shortish man, with graying hair.

short|list /ʃɔː ^r tl I st/ (shortlists , shortlisting , shortlisted ) The spelling short list is used in American English and sometimes in British English for the noun. 1 N‑COUNT If someone is on a shortlist , for example for a job or a prize, they are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group. The successful person is then chosen from the small group. □ [+ of ] If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a shortlist of no more than six.

2 VERB [usu passive] If someone or something is shortlisted for a job or a prize, they are put on a shortlist. [mainly BRIT ] □ [be V -ed + for ] He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times. [Also be V -ed + as ]

sho rt-li ved ADJ Something that is short-lived does not last very long. □  Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived.

short|ly ◆◇◇ /ʃɔː ^r tli/ ADV [ADV with v, ADV adv] If something happens shortly after or before something else, it happens not long after or before it. If something is going to happen shortly , it is going to happen soon. □  Their trial will shortly begin. □  The work will be completed very shortly. □ [+ after ] Shortly after moving into her apartment, she found a job. [Also + before ]

sho rt me s|sage sy s|tem (short message systems ) also short message service N‑COUNT A short message system is a way of sending short written messages from one mobile phone to another. The abbreviation SMS is also used.

sho rt-ra nge ADJ [ADJ n] Short-range weapons or missiles are designed to be fired across short distances.

sho rt-si ghted also shortsighted

1 ADJ If you are short-sighted , you cannot see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes. [mainly BRIT ] □  Testing showed her to be very short-sighted. in AM, usually use near-sighted ●  short-sightedness N‑UNCOUNT □  Radical eye surgery promises to cure short-sightedness.