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How to pronounce “shorter”
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Pronunciation guide for shorter
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shorter with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Sensing Attention: Focus, Stress, and Affect at Work
would have a shorter attention span on the computer.
- Definition summary
- comparative form of short: more short.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce shorter
Sensing Attention: Focus, Stress, and Affect at Work

would have a shorter attention span on the computer.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “shorter”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- comparative form of short: more short.
- [Noun]
- (colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.
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