shortcut

See also: Shortcut, short-cut, and short cut

English

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shortcut

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• short cut, short-cut

Etymology

From short +‎ cut.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːt.kat/, [ˈʃoːʔ.kat], [ˈʃoːʔ.kaʔ]
• Hyphenation: short‧cut

Noun

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
   • 2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15:

     East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.

3. (computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.

   There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.

4. (computing) Short for keyboard shortcut.

Derived terms

• keyboard shortcut
• shortcut key
• ultra shortcut

Translations

path

Bulgarian: пряк път m (prjak pǎt) Catalan: drecera (ca) f, atall (ca) m, sender tallat m (literally “shortened path”) Chinese: Mandarin: 捷徑 / 捷径 (zh) (jiéjìng), 近路 (zh) (jìnlù) Czech: zkratka (cs) f Danish: genvej c Dutch: sluiproute (nl) m Estonian: otsetee, Faroese: snarleið Finnish: oikotie (fi), oikopolku (fi), oikoreitti (fi) French: raccourci (fr) m Galician: atallo m Georgian: უმოკლესი გზა (umoḳlesi gza), პირდაპირი გზა (ṗirdaṗiri gza), შორთქათი (šortkati) (slang) German: Abkürzung (de) f Greek: παραδρόμι n (paradrómi), παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi) Ancient: ἀτραπός f (atrapós) Icelandic: flýtileið f Indonesian: jalan pintas (id) Irish: aicearra m Italian: scorciatoia (it) f, sentiero tagliato m Japanese: 近道 (ちかみち, chikamichi) Kapampangan: mamaltang, baltang Latin: brevius (ōris) iter (itinĕris) n, via (ae) transversa f Malay: pintasan (ms) Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (ml) (kuṟukkuvaḻi) Manx: cassan er lheh m, (please verify) keim f Maori: ara poka pū, ara poka tata, tukutata, aria pokatata Norwegian: Bokmål: snarvei (no) m Polish: skrót (pl) m Portuguese: atalho (pt) Romanian: scurtătură (ro) f Russian: кратча́йший пу́ть m (kratčájšij pútʹ), срез (ru) m (srez) Scottish Gaelic: aithghearr f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: прѐчица f, прѐчац m Roman: prèčica (sh) f, prèčac (sh) m Slovene: bližnjica f Spanish: atajo (es) m, atrecho (es) m, alcorce (es) m Swahili: mkato (sw) Swedish: genväg (sv) c Tagalog: laktod, gitis Thai: ทางลัด (th) (thang lad) Turkish: kestirme (tr), kestirme yol Ukrainian: найкоро́тший шлях m (najkorótšyj šljax) Vietnamese: lối tắt, đường tắt Welsh: llwybr tarw m

method

Catalan: drecera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 抄近道 (chāojìndào) Danish: genvej c Estonian: nipp Finnish: oikaisu (fi) Galician: atallo m German: Abkürzung (de) f, schnellere Methode f, schnellerer Weg m, schnellere Vorgehensweise f Greek: παράκαμψη (el) f (parákampsi), συντόμευση (el) f (syntómefsi) Irish: bealach níos éasca m Italian: scorciatoia (it) f Japanese: 近道 (ちかみち, chikamichi) Malayalam: കുറുക്കുവഴി (ml) (kuṟukkuvaḻi) Manx: aagherrid m Norwegian: Bokmål: snarvei (no) m Portuguese: atalho (pt) m Romanian: scurtătură (ro) f Russian: наибо́лее рациона́льный спо́соб m (naibóleje racionálʹnyj spósob) Slovene: bližnjica f Spanish: atajo (es) m Swahili: mkato (sw) Swedish: genväg (sv) c Tagalog: laktod, gitis Turkish: kestirme (tr), kısa yol Ukrainian: найбі́льш раціона́льний спо́сіб m (najbílʹš racionálʹnyj spósib)

file

Armenian: դյուրանցում (dyurancʻum), կարճատ (karčat) Catalan: accés directe m, enllàç simbòlic m Chinese: Mandarin: 快捷方式 (zh) (kuàijiéfāngshì) Danish: genvej c Esperanto: simbola ligilo Estonian: nimeviit Finnish: pikakuvake French: raccourci (fr) m, lien symbolique (fr) m Georgian: მალსახმობი (malsaxmobi), სწრაფი შესვლის ხატულა (sc̣rapi šesvlis xaṭula), პირდაპირი შესვლის ხატულა (ṗirdaṗiri šesvlis xaṭula) German: Verknüpfung (de), Dateiverknüpfung f Greek: συντόμευση (el) f (syntómefsi) Indonesian: pintasan (id) Irish: aicearra m Italian: collegamento (it) m Japanese: ショートカット (ja) (shōtokatto) Korean: 바로가기 (barogagi) Polish: skrót (pl) m Portuguese: atalho (pt) m Romanian: comandă rapidă f, scurtătură (ro) f Russian: ярлы́к (ru) m (jarlýk) Slovene: bližnjica f Spanish: acceso directo m Swahili: mkato (sw) Swedish: genväg (sv) c, alias (sv) n Tagalog: laktod Turkish: kısayol (tr) Ukrainian: ярли́к (uk) m (jarlýk)

keyboard shortcut — see keyboard shortcut

See also

• shortcut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

shortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted or shortcut)

1. To take or use a shortcut

Derived terms

• shortcutter

Translations

to take a shortcut

Albanian: trupoj (sq) Chinese: Hokkien: 拋近路 / 抛近路 (zh-min-nan) Finnish: oikaista (fi)

Anagrams

• cut short