CURT
\kˈɜːt], \kˈɜːt], \k_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of CURT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
By Princeton University
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brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In letter-writing and commercial correspondence, a common contraction of current, used to designate this month, that is, the month in which the letter is written, as 15th curt.: instant, and its contr. inst., noting a day of the present or current month, as 10th inst.: proximo, or its contr. prox., noting a day of the next month, as, on the 4th prox.: ultimo, or its contr. ult., noting a day in the last month, or the month preceding the present, as, on the 6th ult.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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