Short-term Adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definition of short-term adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

short-term adjective   /ˌʃɔːt ˈtɜːm/  /ˌʃɔːrt ˈtɜːrm/[usually before noun] jump to other results

1. lasting a short time; designed only for a short period of time in the future
   • a short-term loan
   • to find work on a short-term contract
   • short-term plans
   • a short-term solution to the problem
   • His short-term memory (= the ability to remember things that happened a short time ago) is failing.
   compare long-termTopics Timeb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryShort-term is used with these nouns:
   • aim
   • benefit
   • care
   • …
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See short-term in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee short-term in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation: short-term

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• in the long/short/medium term

Idioms

• in the long/short/medium term

Nearby words

• short story noun
• short-tempered adjective
• short-term adjective
• short-termism noun
• short time noun

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