Phrase guide

in short

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a concise manner; in a few words

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the history is summed up concisely in this book
  • she replied briefly
  • briefly, we have a problem
  • to put it shortly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: በአጭሩ (bäʾäč̣ru) — as a summary
  • Arabic: بِاخْتِصَار (biḵtiṣār) — as a summary
  • Bashkir: ҡыҫҡаһы (qıśqahı) — as a summary
  • Bashkir: оҙон һүҙҙең ҡыҫҡыһы (oźon hüźźeñ qıśqıhı) — as a summary
  • Bashkir: әйтәгүр (əytəgür) — as a summary
  • Catalan: en resum — as a summary
  • Catalan: tot plegat — as a summary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總之 /总之 (zǒngzhī) — as a summary
  • Dutch: in het kort — as a summary
  • Finnish: lyhyesti sanottuna — as a summary
  • French: en bref — as a summary
  • French: en résumé — as a summary
  • French: en un mot — as a summary
  • German: kurzum — as a summary
  • Greek: εν συντομία (en syntomía) — as a summary
  • Greek: εν ολίγοις (en olígois) — as a summary
  • Ancient Greek: ἐν βραχεῖ (en brakheî) — as a summary
  • Ancient Greek: ἔμβραχυ (émbrakhu) — as a summary
  • Hausa: a taƙaice — as a summary
  • Hebrew: בקיצור — as a summary
  • Hebrew: בְּקִצּוּר (bekitsúr) — as a summary
  • Hindi: संक्षेप में (saṅkṣep mẽ) — as a summary
  • Hungarian: röviden — as a summary
  • Hungarian: egyszóval — as a summary
  • Italian: in breve — as a summary
  • Italian: in quattro parole — as a summary
  • Italian: in sostanza — as a summary
  • Japanese: 要するに (yōsuruni) — as a summary
  • Latin: dēnique — as a summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i korthet — as a summary
  • Persian: خلاصه (xolâse) — as a summary
  • Persian: به اختصار (be ixtisâr) — as a summary
  • Polish: w kilku słowach — as a summary
  • Polish: w skrócie — as a summary
  • Portuguese: em resumo — as a summary
  • Portuguese: em suma — as a summary
  • Portuguese: resumindo — as a summary
  • Portuguese: para resumir — as a summary
  • Portuguese: resumidamente — as a summary
  • Romanian: pe scurt — as a summary
  • Russian: коро́че говоря́ (koróče govorjá) — as a summary
  • Russian: одни́м сло́вом (odním slóvom) — as a summary
  • Sinhalese: කෙටියෙන් (keṭiyen) — as a summary
  • Spanish: en resumen — as a summary
  • Spanish: resumiendo — as a summary
  • Swedish: i korthet — as a summary
  • Swedish: summa summarum — as a summary
  • Tocharian B: aultsorsa — as a summary
  • Turkish: kısaca — as a summary
  • Ukrainian: коро́тше ка́жучи (korótše kážučy) — as a summary
  • Urdu: اختصار کے ساتھ (iḵtisār ke sāth) — as a summary
  • Yiddish: אַ כּלל (a klal) — as a summary