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SHORTCUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shortcut mean?
• SHORTCUT (noun)
The noun SHORTCUT has 1 sense:
1. a route shorter than the usual one
Familiarity information: SHORTCUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A route shorter than the usual one
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("shortcut" is a kind of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Context examples
'Careful examination of the actual inspection strategies used by animals might reveal that they often employ active scanning behaviors as shortcuts to simplify complex visual pattern discrimination tasks,'
(Scientists Discover Bees Can Count Using Only Four Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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