in short

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in short

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  1. As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told. [H]e told me I did not treat him as if he was my husband, or talk of my children as if I was a mother; and, in short, that I did not deserve to be used as a wife.

    Similar: at the end of the day, in a nutshell, in a word, in summary

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prep_phrase as a summary

Españolen resumen, resumiendo
日本語要するに yōsuruni
中文總之 /总之 zǒngzhī
हिन्दीसंक्षिप्त saṅkṣipt, संक्षेपतः saṅkṣeptaḥ
Portuguêsem resumo, em suma, resumindo, para resumir, resumidamente
Françaisen bref, en résumé, en un mot
Deutschkurzum
Italianoin breve, in quattro parole, in sostanza
Ελληνικάεν συντομία en syntomía, εν ολίγοις en olígois
Românăpe scurt
Русскийкоро́че говоря́ koróče govorjá, одни́м сло́вом odním slóvom
العربيةبِاخْتِصَار biḵtiṣār
עבריתבקיצור, בְּקִצּוּר bekitsúr

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"in short." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/in%20short.

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@misc{in_short_2026,
  title = {in short},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20short},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}