shortcut
IPA: ʃˈɔrtkʌt
noun
- A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
- A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
- (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.
- (computing) Short for keyboard shortcut. [(computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function.]
verb
- To take or use a shortcut
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Examples of "shortcut" in Sentences
- Let's take the shortcut.
- This lists the wrong shortcuts.
- He did not take the shortcut with the Donners.
- They serve as a shortcut to the base of the mountain.
- The important point is that the shortcut is ambiguous.
- Also note the highlighted shortcut leading to the guideline.
- Bush is constantly in search of a shortcut to the end of the trial.
- But the problem is that the boxes need the full shortcut as parameter.
- This is just a shortcut for the ignorant and inarticulate to hide behind.
- The shortcut model was introduced in the course of studying this dependence.