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short form
n. 1 A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation. 2 (context grammar English) Particularly in Slavonic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.
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Short form
Short form may refer to:
- Short form cricket, a reduced version of cricket
- Shortform improvisation, a form of improvisational comedy
- in linguistics, a synonym for abbreviation
- Form 1040A, also known as "the short form", an American tax form
- a type of census questionnaire
Usage examples of "short form".
That wasn't her full name, but she used the short form oftener than the long.
The story from Meharry's viewpoint took longer than it had when Petris gave her the short form, and began with her pointing out to Oblo that even if Sirkin had been learning how to fight, when she was with Yrilan she wasn't really alert.