Some people find it easier to grasp the short-term effects of smoking.
Source: tatoeba (19958)
Short-term
Synonyms for "short-term" (16 found)
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42 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- կարճաժամկետ adj (of the near or immediate future)
- կարճաժամկետ adj (of a short duration of time)
Bulgarian
2 entries- временен adj (of a short duration of time)
- краткосрочен adj (of the near or immediate future)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 短期 adj (of the near or immediate future)
- 短期 adj (of a short duration of time)
Czech
2 entries- krátkodobý adj (of the near or immediate future)
- provizorní adj (of a short duration of time)
Dutch
4 entries- kortdurend adj (of a short duration of time)
- kortlopend adj (of a short duration of time)
- lapmiddel adj (of a short duration of time)
- op kort termijn adj (of the near or immediate future)
Finnish
4 entries- lyhyen aikavälin adj (of the near or immediate future)
- lyhyen aikavälin adj (of a short duration of time)
- lyhytaikainen adj (of a short duration of time)
- lyhytkestoinen adj (of a short duration of time)
French
2 entries- à court terme adj (of the near or immediate future)
- à court terme adj (of a short duration of time)
Georgian
1 entries- მოკლევადიანი adj (of the near or immediate future)
German
2 entries- kurzfristig adj (of the near or immediate future)
- kurzzeitig adj (of a short duration of time)
Greek
1 entries- βραχυπρόθεσμος adj (of the near or immediate future)
Indonesian
1 entries- jangka pendek adj (of the near or immediate future)
Italian
2 entries- a breve adj (of the near or immediate future)
- a breve termine adj (of the near or immediate future)
Māori
3 entries- pae tata adj (of the near or immediate future)
- rangitahi adj (of a short duration of time)
- tūiti adj (of a short duration of time)
Polish
2 entries- krótkoterminowy adj (of the near or immediate future)
- krótkoterminowy adj (of a short duration of time)
Portuguese
1 entries- a curto prazo adj (of the near or immediate future)
Russian
3 entries- кратковре́менный adj (of the near or immediate future)
- краткосро́чный adj (of the near or immediate future)
- краткосро́чный adj (of a short duration of time)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- geàrr-ùine adj (of the near or immediate future)
- geàrr-ùine adj (of a short duration of time)
Spanish
2 entries- a corto plazo adj (of the near or immediate future)
- supletorio adj (of a short duration of time)
Turkish
2 entries- kısa vadeli adj (of the near or immediate future)
- kısaca adj (of a short duration of time)
Ukrainian
2 entries- короткостроко́вий adj (of the near or immediate future)
- короткотерміно́вий adj (of the near or immediate future)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Short-term effects of smoking include unfitness, wheezing, a general vulnerability to illness, bad breath, bad skin and so on.
Source: tatoeba (19959)
At first they think they won't come to harm, although no smoker escapes at least the short-term effects.
Source: tatoeba (32764)
The management tended to be too concerned about short-term improvement of the bottom line to have any long-term design for the future.
Source: tatoeba (237973)
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