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# shortcut

noun (a shortcut, shortcuts)

«shortcut» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A shortcut is a quicker or shorter way to get somewhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#m1)
2. A quicker way of doing something, like a trick in maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#m2)
3. On a computer, a key combination or icon that does something quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life and safety: "Don't take shortcuts through the woods or across railway lines." In maths: a mental maths shortcut (to multiply by 10, move the digits). In computing: keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+C to copy. A warning phrase: "There are no shortcuts to learning".

### Examples

- We took a shortcut through the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#x1)
- Never take a shortcut across the railway tracks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#x2)
- A shortcut for 9 times a number is 10 times minus one time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#x3)
- Press Ctrl+Z as a shortcut to undo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#x4)
- Put a shortcut to the game on the desktop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#x5)
- There's no shortcut to learning to read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Also written "short cut" in British English. A shortcut is not always safe or correct; check your answer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shortcut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shortcut/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shortcut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shortcut.html) on Mova free.