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kort — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brief adj Lasting only a short time.
  • card noun A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, used for games, messages, payments, or identification.
  • low adj Close to the ground or to a base level; not high.
  • photograph noun An image captured using a camera.
  • short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
  • shortly adverb Soon, or after a brief time.

Senses

kort is used for these senses in English:

  • brief Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
  • card Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
  • photograph (photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • short (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
  • shortly In few words.

brief — full definition

  1. adj Lasting only a short time.
  2. adj Using few words; concise.
  3. noun A set of instructions or a summary given to someone before they carry out a task.
  4. noun A document summarizing the facts and legal arguments of a case, or (UK) the case papers given to a barrister.
  5. verb To give someone a concise summary of a situation before they act.

card — full definition

  1. noun A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, used for games, messages, payments, or identification.
  2. verb To check someone's identification to confirm their age.

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