Definitions for short-term

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Spelling: [shawrt-turm]
IPA: /ˈʃɔrtˈtɜrm/

Short-Term is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 322 anagrams from letters in short-term (-ehmorrstt).

Definitions for short-term

adjective

  1. covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
  2. maturing over a relatively short period of time:
  3. (of profit, loss, interest, etc.) of or relating to a short term, especially one year or less.

Origin of short-term

First recorded in 1900-05

Examples for short-term

Cheshire is supposed to be a “short-term” facility, with 60 percent of its prisoners awaiting trial.

They have to alter the genes—acquired characters would be of use only in a short-term project, and this is long-term.

But blaming contemporary politics for the deep roots of inequality in Scotland is a misdirected, short-term fixation.

The Affordable Care Act was always a short-term political loser with respect to middle-class voters.

On short-term training they were rarely allotted to important work.

But the problems of hunger cannot be solved by short-term measures.

Marriage, if at all considered, has become a short-term contract.

The other fellers further on there, in chains, is short-term men.

But as the increasing backlash against clickbait shows, the short-term gains in unique views may cost news sites in the long run.

This growing clickbait awareness may ultimately cost news agencies that are gunning for short-term gains.

Word Value for short-term
Scrable

8

Words with friends

7

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