shortcut

UK /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/ US /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/

noun 4verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

english, private

VERB + SHORTCUT

created, find, knew, know, knows, let's, take, took

SHORTCUT + NOUN

desktop, education, forest, goal, portals, school, space-time, success

PREP.

across, on, through, throughout

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.

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

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.

Ellipsis of keyboard shortcut.

verb

To take or use a shortcut

noun — a route shorter than the usual one

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

I created a shortcut on the desktop.

Tatoeba · #2160

It's a shortcut to the school.

Tatoeba · #21507

Plain English is a shortcut to the goal of language learning.

Tatoeba · #34113

We won't be able to arrive at the harbor in time. Let's take a shortcut.

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