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# shorter

«shorter» in Mova's school dictionary: **having less length than something else** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (comparative of short; short, shorter, shortest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shorter means having less length than something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#m1)

2) Shorter means less tall: «Tom is shorter than Max». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#m2)

3) Shorter means lasting less time: «a shorter way home». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

less length than the thing before: «D shorter» is − D from the thing before; «How much shorter» asks for a difference; phrases: «shorter than», «the shortest», «a shorter way», «cut shorter»

### examples

- The blue ribbon is 2 metres shorter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x1)
- Tom is 10 centimetres shorter than Max. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x2)
- How much shorter is the pencil than the ruler? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x3)
- Days get shorter in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x4)
- Let's take the shorter path through the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x5)
- My little brother is shorter than me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x6)
- The shortest days of the year come in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x7)
- The new film is shorter than the old one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x8)
- "We must keep to the left; it is much shorter." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#x9)

### note

«D shorter» is − D from the thing before. «How much shorter» asks for a difference: subtract. Trap: if the shorter length is given, the longer one is it + D. Opposite: longer, taller.

### In the corpora

- [Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/8/)
- [The seven letters of TEACHER also make CHEATER and HECTARE, and shorter words such as cheat, reach, each and heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/14/)
- [The five-letter word "short" becomes "shorter" when you add two letters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/7/)
- [An overweight pet gets ill more often and lives a shorter life, so it needs fewer treats and more play.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/23/)
- [Being shorter, taller, wearing glasses or a hearing aid is normal, and nobody should be teased for it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shorter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.