short term
See also: short-term
EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
short term (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of short-term
NounEdit
- The near future; a comparatively brief time period starting with the present moment (or other time of reference); the time in which immediate needs and goals are relevant.
Usage notesEdit
- Except in attributive uses (treated here as adjectival; see short-term), this term is primarily found in the phrases in the short term and over the short term.
SynonymsEdit
- (the near future): near term
AntonymsEdit
- (the near future): long term