SHORT-LIVED

Meaning of SHORT-LIVED in English

Something that is short-lived does not last very long.

Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived...

≠ long-lived

ADJ

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

SHORT-LIVED — short-lived /ˌʃɔːt ˈlɪvd◂ $ ˌʃɔːrt ˈlaɪvd◂/ BrE AmE adjective existing or happening for only a short time: Our happiness was …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT-LIVED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB very ▪ It was very short-lived but at the time it was a bit …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHORT-LIVED — adjective Date: 1588 not living or lasting long
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHORT-LIVED — ˈ ̷ ̷|līvd, -livd adjective Etymology: short (II) + lived 1. : having a short life men are short-lived in comparison with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — (a.) Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
Английский словарь Webster
SHORT-LIVED — ( a. ) Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — — short-livedness , n. /shawrt"luyvd", -livd"/ , adj. living or lasting only a little while. [ 1580-90 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — lives for a few days, lives for a short period of time, mortal, ephemeral
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHORT-LIVED — -ˈlīvd adjective Date: 1588 : not living or lasting long short-lived insects short-lived joy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORT-LIVED — adj not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
Webster English vocab
SHORT-LIVED — Pronunciation: ' sho ̇ rt- ' livd also - ' l ī vd Function: adjective Date: 1588 : not living …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — ■ adjective lasting only a short time.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHORT-LIVED — [short-lived] adj (1588): not living or lasting long "~ insects" "~ joy"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHORT-LIVED — short-lived BrE AmE ˌʃɔːt ˈlɪvd ◂ AmE \ ˌʃɔːrt ˈlaɪvd ◂ -ˈlɪvd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — adjective lasting only for a short time
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — Something that is ~ does not last very long. Any hope that the speech would end the war was ~... …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHORT LIVED — Synonyms and related words : brittle, capricious, changeable, corruptible, deciduous, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT-LIVED — Function: adjective Synonyms: TRANSIENT , ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, transitory Related Words: short-haul, short-run, short-term Contrasted …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHORT-LIVED — a. Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, transitory.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SHORT-LIVED — adjective Synonyms: transient , ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, transitory Related Word: short-haul, short-run, short-term Contrasted words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT-LIVED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SHORT-LIVED — adj. Short-lived is used with these nouns: ↑ recession , ↑ relief
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — See ↑ SHORT 10
Longman Activator English vocab
SHORT-LIVED — 25B6; adjective BRIEF, short, momentary, temporary, impermanent, cursory, fleeting, passing, fugitive, lightning, transitory, transient, ephemeral, quick.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT-LIVED — прил. эфемерный, преходящий; временный, мимолетный, недолговечный, живущий недолго, скоропреходящий, скоротечный Syn : transient, ephemeral, brittle, frail, frangible, friable, fragile, nondurable, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT-LIVED — Мимолетный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT-LIVED — a 1> живущий недолго; недолговечный 2> мимолётный, преходящий; призрачный short-lived happiness - мимолётное счастье 3> физ. непродолжительный, кратковременный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHORT-LIVED — 1) короткоживущий 2) кратковременный 3) мимолетный 4) недолговечный 5) нестойкий • - short-lived isotope
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHORT-LIVED — прил.эфемерный, преходящий; временный, мимолетный, недолговечный, живущий недолго, скоропреходящий, скоротечный Syn:transient, ephemeral, brittle, frail, frangible, friable, fragile, nondurable, shortlived Ant:elastic, flexible, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHORT LIVED — (a) живущий недолго; кратковременный; мимолетный; недолговечный; непродолжительный; преходящий; призрачный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — a 1) живущий недолго; недолговечный 2) мимолётный, преходящий; призрачный ~ happiness - мимолётное счастье 3) физ. непродолжительный, кратковременный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHORT-LIVED — a 1> живущий недолго; недолговечный 2> мимолётный, преходящий; призрачный short-lived happiness - мимолётное счастье 3> физ. непродолжительный, кратковременный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT LIVED — мимолетный, недолговечный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHORT LIVED — мимолетный, недолговечный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHORT-LIVED — прил. эфемерный, преходящий; временный, мимолетный, недолговечный, живущий недолго, скоропреходящий, скоротечный Syn: transient , ephemeral , brittle , frail , frangible …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHORT-LIVED — прил. эфемерный, преходящий; временный, мимолетный, недолговечный, живущий недолго, скоропреходящий, скоротечный Syn: transient, ephemeral, brittle, frail, frangible, friable, fragile, nondurable, shortlived Ant: elastic, flexible, malleable, strong, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHORT-LIVED — короткоживущий
Англо-Русский физический словарь
SHORT-LIVED — короткоживущий, недолговечный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SHORT-LIVED — короткоживущий, недолговечный
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SHORT-LIVED — Мимолетный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT-LIVED — Мгновенный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT-LIVED — Кратковременный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT-LIVED — [adj.] кратковременный, мимолётный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
SHORT-LIVED — a кратковременный, мимолётный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
SHORT-LIVED — прил. эфемерный, преходящий; временный, мимолетный, недолговечный, живущий недолго, скоропреходящий, скоротечный Syn : transient, ephemeral, brittle, frail, frangible, friable, fragile, nondurable, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
-LIVED — adjective combining form Etymology: Middle English, from lif life having a life of a specified kind or length
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHORT — I. ˈshȯ(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English short, shert, from Old English scort, sceort; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIVED — I. past of live II. |līvd, |livd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from lif life + -ed — more at life …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIVED — (a.) Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
Английский словарь Webster
LIVED — (imp. & p. p.) of Live
Английский словарь Webster
LIVED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Live
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIVED — ( a. ) Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT — — shortness , n. /shawrt/ , adj., shorter, shortest , adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIVED — /luyvd, livd/ , adj. having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination): a many-lived cat. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIVED — adj. having life, having a certain kind of life (used mainly in combination)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHORT — I. ˈshȯrt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-LIVED — adjective combining form Etymology: Middle English, from lif life : having a life of a specified kind or length long- …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORT — noun a summary account. 2. short ·noun short, inferior hemp. 3. short ·noun breeches; shortclothes. 4. short ·noun a short …
Webster English vocab
LIVED — impf & ·p.p. of live. 2. lived ·adj having life; used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
Webster English vocab
SHORT — [short] adj [ME, fr. OE sceort; akin to OHG scurz short, ON skortr lack] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having little …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-LIVED — [-lived] adj comb form [ME, fr. lif life]: having a life of a specified kind or length "long-lived"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHORT — / ʃɔːt; NAmE ʃɔːrt/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( short·er , short·est ) LENGTH / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT — I. short 1 S1 W1 /ʃɔːt $ ʃɔːrt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative shorter , superlative shortest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
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