shortest in English

adjective

1

measuring a small distance from end to end.

short, dark hair

synonyms: small, little, tiny, teeny

2

lasting or taking a small amount of time.

visiting London for a short break

synonyms: brief, momentary, temporary, short-lived, impermanent, cursory, fleeting, passing, fugitive, lightning, transitory, transient, ephemeral, quick

3

relatively small in extent.

a short speech

synonyms: concise, brief, succinct, compact, summary, economical, crisp, pithy, epigrammatic, laconic, thumbnail, capsule, abridged, abbreviated, condensed, synoptic, summarized, contracted, truncated, compendious

4

(of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g., in standard British English the vowel / ʊ / in good is short as distinct from the long vowel / uː / in food ).

Maybe it's all part of a plan to nullify the threat from the land of the short sharp vowel.

5

(of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability.

they have been backed at short odds to win thousands

6

(of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly.

The easiest way to do this with very short pastry is wrap it lightly around the rolling pin, lift the pastry up on the rolling pin, and lay it on top of the fruit.

adjective

small, little, tiny, teeny
small, little, petite, tiny, diminutive, stubby, elfin, dwarfish, midget, pygmy, Lilliputian, minuscule, miniature, pint-sized, vertically challenged, teeny, knee-high to a grasshopper, wee
concise, brief, succinct, compact, summary, economical, crisp, pithy, epigrammatic, laconic, thumbnail, capsule, abridged, abbreviated, condensed, synoptic, summarized, contracted, truncated, compendious
brief, momentary, temporary, short-lived, impermanent, cursory, fleeting, passing, fugitive, lightning, transitory, transient, ephemeral, quick
scarce, in short supply, scant, meager, sparse, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting, tight, exiguous
curt, sharp, abrupt, blunt, brusque, terse, offhand, gruff, surly, testy, rude, uncivil, snappy, snappish
brusk, curt, brusque
little
inadequate, poor
scant, light
shortsighted, myopic
forgetful

Use "shortest" in a sentence

1. Beth is the shortest female contestant and the shortest first-generation contestant.

2. February is the shortest month.

3. the shortest answer is doing.

4. Take the shortest way, please.

5. The shortest answer is doing.

6. It is the shortest route to Killar.

7. Put the shortest flowers in the front .

8. "Cryptorchid" is the shortest track on the album and the shortest song in the band's overall discography

9. So far, the shortest Cullet plate, REQUEST QUOTE

10. Greater support is the shortest path towards independence

11. It was the shortest rainstorm he'd ever seen.

12. Which is the shortest day of the year?

13. Take the northwest road; it is the shortest way.

14. It is the shortest and easiest one to read.

15. Ted was the shortest with a very round face.

16. The shortest arm supports the red globe of Mercury.

17. They went by the shortest route, across the fields.

18. The shortest route home is round the ring road.

19. A shortcut is the shortest distance between two points.

20. Evidence suggests that shrews probably have the shortest lives.

21. A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

22. good company on the road is the shortest cut.

23. Brachistochrone Problem: Which path from \(A\) to \(B\) is traversed in the shortest time? (Click image to animate.) This is the Brachistochrone (“Shortest Time”) Problem

24. Nelore have the shortest ears of most Bos indicus types.

25. Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.

26. The longest way round is the shortest way home. 

27. A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.

28. Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 

29. Of these Confiscations from advanced economies, the shortest was 13 years

30. The shortest distance between two points appeared to be a zigzag.

31. The shortest distance between any 2 points is a straight path.

32. Autorouter finds the shortest routes in Europe faster than anyone else.

33. Your ideal shape is layered, feathered Bangs where the shortest pieces

34. After making the shortest crack sizes, however, this correlation entirely faded.

35. 16 The longest way round is the shortest way home. 

36. Much the smallest and shortest-billed auk, also the smallest diving seabird.

37. I suggest the two shortest search the cellar and so on, up.

38. The coat is shortest on head, ears and legs, longest on breeching .

39. Read on for a list of the cities with the shortest Commutes in …

40. The shortest route —a journey of about three days— takes them through Samaria.

41. And don't forget, it's the shortest route between the English and French coasts.

42. Snowflake Blue would be the shortest lived of the three official Compatibles…

43. Red has the longest wavelength of visible light, and violet the shortest.

44. Nodes with a high Closeness score have the shortest distances to all other nodes.

45. Update: Shadowrun, Shortest Shogi, and Space Ark are now Backward compatible on Xbox One

46. The shortest lifespan of Bowerbirds is six years, and the longest is 30 Years

47. He's the basketball team's best player Although he's the shortest one on the team.

48. Prim algorithm to find shortest path in graph complete source code, has been tested.

49. Why won't I admit that I must have the shortest arms in the world?

50. This paper deals with TSP by transform TSP to a special Shortest Path Problem.