used to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future :
Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).
used to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future :
Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005