for short

phrase

: as an abbreviation

named Katherine or Kate for short

Examples of for short in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Called 503As for short, they’re regulated by state boards of pharmacy. — Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Resolving the case avoids a trial where Merrill intended to defend its rates as standard among bank sweep programs, arguing that sweep accounts are meant for short-term liquidity rather than long-term investment yield. — Chase Jordan october 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

So does a method called designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs, or DREADDs for short. — Kimberlee D'ardenne, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Intended for short, procedural orders, the justices have instead been using the docket to make substantive legal decisions with perfunctory orders that offer thin or zero legal reasoning, after minimal briefing and, often, no oral argument. — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for for short

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort