for short
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- idiom
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para abreviar
- My friends call me Kelly for short.
It's called Modern Monetary Theory, MMT for short.
- It's called Modern Monetary Theory, MMT for short.
- It's now called Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD for short.
- They're called Neuro processing units, Npus for short.
- There's the central processing unit CPU for short, and the graphics processing unit GPU for short.
- And they are selflessness, timelessness, effortlessness, and richness, or stir for short.
- Basic underwater Demolition SEAL training, or BUDS for short, is the selection process for Navy Seals.
- Greg Lukyanov is president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or fire for short.
Examples
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What was more, the ExtraEarth Foundation—Ex-Earth for short—was prepared to subsidize any would-be colonists.
Fiction book (1997) -
My friends call me Kelly for short.
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Can I call you Dick for short?
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"Advanced Idea Mechanics" or AIM for short, you get it?
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We call it Sissy for short.
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But you can call me "Corny," for short.
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I'm Jolene Bennett, Jo for short.
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The name of my charity is food allergy & anaphylaxis network, Faan for short.
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MIT's first massively open online course, or MOOC for short, was called Circuits and Electronics.
Blog text (9) -
You can call me Richard for short.
Synonyms
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To give another name for a person or thing
To show another name for a person or thing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'for short' is directly interpretable from 'for' (indicating purpose or in place of) + 'short' (a shorter form); it signals that a shorter version of a name or phrase is being used. This compositional pattern is common and predictable cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
For short comes from the simple idea of using a short or 'shorter form' of a name or phrase instead of the long one. So when someone says 'for short' they are telling you to use the brief name or version.