short for

Meaning

short for

An abbreviation or nickname for; a shortening of.
Don is short for Donald.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Henry van Dyke

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? Friedrich Nietzsche

A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it. Carlos Castaneda

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. John Burroughs

Life is too short for non-WOW projects. Tom Peters

The nights are short for him who married late in life. Russian Proverb

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Close letter words and terms

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