Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shorter-term

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
short-er-term
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does shorter-term mean?
comparative form of short-term: more short-term

How to pronounce shorter-term

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