Meaning of "short time" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SHORT TIME

short time

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHORT TIME

Short time is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHORT TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Short time

For the 1990 comedy film, see Short Time. Short-time working, short time, or short-timers are terms used in both civilian employee and in U.S. military contexts.

Definition of short time in the English dictionary

The definition of short time in the dictionary is a system of working, usually for a temporary period, when employees are required to work and be paid for fewer than their normal hours per week due to a shortage of work.

TRANSLATION OF SHORT TIME

Find out the translation of short time to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of short time from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «short time» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 很短的时间
• Translator English - Spanish: tiempo corto
• English: short time
• Translator English - Hindi: कम समय
• Translator English - Arabic: وقت قصير
• Translator English - Russian: короткое время
• Translator English - Portuguese: tempo curto
• Translator English - Bengali: সংক্ষিপ্ত সময়
• Translator English - French: peu de temps
• Translator English - Malay: masa yang singkat
• Translator English - German: kurze Zeit
• Translator English - Japanese: 短期間
• Translator English - Korean: 짧은 시간
• Translator English - Javanese: Wektu cendhak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thời gian ngắn
• Translator English - Tamil: குறுகிய நேரம்
• Translator English - Marathi: अल्प वेळ
• Translator English - Turkish: kısa zaman
• Translator English - Italian: breve tempo
• Translator English - Polish: krótki czas
• Translator English - Ukrainian: короткий час
• Translator English - Romanian: timp scurt
• Translator English - Greek: σύντομο χρονικό διάστημα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kort tyd
• Translator English - Swedish: kort tid
• Translator English - Norwegian: kort tid

10 QUOTES WITH «SHORT TIME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word short time.

1

Chris Adami

We found evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean. For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn't evolutionarily sustainable.

2

Bea Arthur

I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

3

Carla Bruni

When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.

4

Jane Campion

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.

5

Stephen Chow

I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.

6

Perry Christie

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

7

Jim Coleman

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap.

8

Misha Collins

Technology has changed the fan/actor interaction quite a bit. Now it's really easy to communicate with a large group of people in a really short time, and that... opens a lot of possibilities. You can do a lot of things with it that you couldn't do before. It's kind of fun to figure out how that can be employed.

9

Calvin Coolidge

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

10

Coolio

Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT TIME»

Discover the use of short time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to short time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Short Time to Stay Here: A Novel

War changes everything that should have been in the summer of 1917.

Terry Roberts, 2012

Rapid Thermal and Other Short-time Processing Technologies: ...

Most presentations are supported by charts and other graphical data. c. Book News Inc.

Fred Roozeboom, 2000

Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Time Fixes to Long-Term Recovery

Through activities and case studies, Peurifoy shows sufferers how to shift their focus from the symptoms of anxiety (pounding heart, feeling of choking, dizziness, fear) to the core problems behind the anxiety (childhood trauma, stress from ...

Reneau Peuifoy, 2011

Short-time compensation: a formula for work sharing

"Short-Time Compensation" or "STC" means the unemployment benefits payable to employees in an affected unit under an approved short-time compensation plan as distinguished from the unemployment benefits otherwise payable under ...

Ramelle MaCoy, Martin J. Morand, 1984

Short-time camps: a manual for 4-H leaders

a manual for 4-H leaders Ella Gardner. again, reading slowly, asking for a show of hands on the marking and stopping for a discussion of any topics on which there is a difference of opinion. No attempt is made to settle some questions in such ...

Ella Gardner, 1939

Short Time Wife

Las Chance. about that.” Again Kate just smiled. She was already pregnant, but now, at least Logan was wanting, her to be pregnant. What a surprise for him, when he finds out, he did it on the very first time. “Kate, I'm not kidding, sometimes  ...

Las Chance, 2011

Waud's Employment Law: The Practical Guide for Human ...

SHORT-TIME. WORKING. 4.29 In the absence of any contractual agreement to the contrary, an employer has no legal right to lay off his workers or put them on short-time, even if the business is running into difficulties. However, if there is such ...

Peter Chandler, 2003

Review of Previous Work on Short-time Tests for Predicting ...

Experimental observations relating to the fatigue process and theories of fatigue are briefly reviewed.

Franz H. Vitovec, 1953

Rapid Thermal and Other Short-time Processing Technologies ...

Proceedings of the International Symposium Paul J. Timans, Electrochemical Society. Electronics Division, Electrochemical Society. High Temperature Materials Divisions. RAPID THERMAL IMPLANT ANNEALING USING COLD WALL AND ...

Paul J. Timans, Electrochemical Society. Electronics Division, Electrochemical Society. High Temperature Materials Divisions, 2002

Tables of Short Time Bond Values: Showing the Net Return ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Financial Publishing Company, Alfred Greenough, 2012