Used in a Sentence

shorter

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shorter.

Editorial note

More drivers mean shorter wait times, more passengers means more work for drivers.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shorter gathered in one view.

noun

A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

noun

A surname.

noun

(colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shorter.

noun

A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

noun

A surname.

noun

(colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.

Example sentences

1

More drivers mean shorter wait times, more passengers means more work for drivers.

2

The longer your desired peptide chain, the more of these shorter chains you get with amino acids missing.

3

The job cycle is a lot shorter now than it used to be, and the landscape changes a lot faster.

4

Basically every country in Europe will give you longer vacations, standard health care, shorter working hours,...

5

We start from monochrome blueprints which help us get better feedback and achieve simpler solutions in a shorter length of time.

6

I think you could easily substitute 'a public repository of your code and open-source contributions' for 'Github' here, but the former is shorter and conveys the same idea.

7

Each of which reward or encourage a shallower level of interaction on shorter timescales.

8

A shorter period can not be agreed (well it can, anything can be agreed really, but it will not be legally enforceable).

9

And maybe their MDL is actually shorter than for timelines where things stay stable.

10

Conceptually, though in reality/over shorter time frames, it's potentially just as tied to political/human considerations vis a vis the person setting the compensation decision.

11

Of the two, it's more practical for landlords to accept shorter leases.

12

It is, however, much shorter and still demonstrates the solution.

Quote examples

1

OK, with the "new Microsoft"* you can probably shorten the delay to 6 months, but any shorter than that you're an early adopter and shouldn't complain.

2

I think the shorter answer might just be "was a teenager on Usenet".

3

(Uncles help ethereum have 12s block times, far shorter than most other cryptocurrencies) The "Average block time" is around 11s which is what you want to see.

4

If Harry had made the obvious "let's not trust the sinister guy that's obviously manipulative and definitely more experienced at it than me" leap right at the beginning it might have been a much shorter series.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shorter in a sentence?

More drivers mean shorter wait times, more passengers means more work for drivers.

What does shorter mean?

A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

What part of speech is shorter?

shorter is commonly used as noun.