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Definition of shortcut
1 : a route more direct than the one ordinarily taken
2 : a method or means of doing something more directly and quickly than and often not so thoroughly as by ordinary procedure a shortcut to success
3 : a key or combination of keys on a computer keyboard programmed to perform a specific function when pressed You can open any item by clicking it or by assigning it a keyboard shortcut. — Christopher Breen —called also hot key
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Examples of shortcut in a Sentence
Wait, I know a shortcut. Turn left here.
We took a shortcut home.
Let's take the shortcut through the woods.
I used a shortcut to calculate the total weight.
There are no shortcuts to learning another language.
Mistakes were made because too many shortcuts were taken.
Recent Examples of shortcut from the Web
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Magic is surreal and defiant — a shortcut past the restrictions of reality.
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Taking safety shortcuts to boost productivity to the level managers wanted to see isn’t just a foreign problem, Almodovar warned.
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Police said Gulliver took a shortcut home, through the park behind the high school and never made it out.
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Up to this point, iOS users have had little choice over which settings shortcuts were accessible through the Control Center (launched by swiping up from the bottom of the screen).
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And with that, here are a few Tewligan's memories culled from a Facebook post, with gentle editing to counter social media shortcuts.
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Smaller streets are white, which allows students to mark up the maps in their A-Z street atlas with their own favored shortcuts (see above).
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Ships heading to Tokyo have to decide whether to take a shortcut between the Izu Peninsula and Izu Oshima island, or make a bigger circle around the island, partly to avoid traffic.
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Recipes are a bit like directions to a destination: GPS or a locator app will map out a route, but if the driver knows a shortcut or wants a more scenic drive, the directions can always be adapted.
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First Known Use of shortcut
1637
shortcut
Definition of shortcut
shortcut
;shortcutting
transitive verb
: to shorten (a route, a procedure, etc.) by use of a shortcut; also : circumvent
intransitive verb
: to take or use a shortcut
Examples of shortcut in a Sentence
are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?
First Known Use of shortcut
1915
SHORTCUT Defined for English Language Learners
shortcut
playDefinition of shortcut for English Language Learners
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: a shorter, quicker, or easier way to get to a place
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: a quicker or easier way to do something
SHORTCUT Defined for Kids
shortcut
playDefinition of shortcut for Students
: a shorter, quicker, or easier way
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