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# shorter

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

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

## Everyday

1. Shorter means having less length than something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#m1)
2. Shorter means less tall: «Tom is shorter than Max». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#m2)
3. Shorter means lasting less time: «a shorter way home». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shorter/#m3)

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

In Ezekiel's vision of the Temple, the upper rooms were shorter because the galleries took up space.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats Ezekiel's detailed Temple plan as a hope for a future rebuilt Temple.

### Examples

- Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. (Prophets EZK.42.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shorter/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

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