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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All matches
  • in the long/short/medium term
Idioms
  • in the long/short/medium term

Nearby words

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