AT SHORT NOTICE

  

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AT SHORT NOTICE

Definition: AT SHORT NOTICE

AT SHORT NOTICE

1. In a brief time; promptly.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: AT SHORT NOTICE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Earliness

Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.

Haste

Adverb: with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste; Adjective: apace; (swiftly); amain; all at once; (instantaneously); at short notice; immediately; (early); posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches.

Transientness

Adverb: temporarily; Adjective: pro tempore; for the moment, for a time; awhile, en passant, in transitu; in a short time; soon; (early); briefly; Adjective: at short notice; on the point of, on the eve of; in articulo; between cup and lip.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: AT SHORT NOTICE

Specialty definitions using "AT SHORT NOTICE": realisable assets, realizable assets. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: AT SHORT NOTICE

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Peak energy is needed at short notice and, as a result, is getting good prices. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Tax Code reform is ongoing, and consequently taxes are subject to change at short notice. (references)

Travel

Israel

Major hotels will likely offer to make photocopies of a sample card if you need additional cards at short notice. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: AT SHORT NOTICE

Expression using "AT SHORT NOTICE": deposit at short notice. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AT SHORT NOTICE

Language Translations for "AT SHORT NOTICE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏في لمح البصر (in brief, in no time), ‏في وقت قصير. (various references)

   

French

  

dans le court temps. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תוך זמן קצר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pillanatokon belül, előzetes bejelentés nélkül. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atay ortshay oticenay

   

Romanian

  

chiar atunci (at that instant, on short notice). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

немедленно (directly, forthwith, immediately, in no time, in short order, incontinently, instantly, on the spot, out of hand, right away, straightway, therewith), по первому требованию (at a moment's notice). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

con poca anticipación. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

med kort varsel. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

негайно (amain, anon, at once, belive, by and by, chop-chop, forthwith, immediately, in an instant, in one's track, instantly, like a shot, on the spot, outright, promptly, right away, right off), зараз же (forthwith, incontinently, just now, like a shot, offhand, right now, then and there). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AT SHORT NOTICE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t"

-2 letters: anorthosite, orthostatic.

-3 letters: anchorites, anorthites, antechoirs, carnotites, cartoonish, cartoonist, cornettist, octonaries, rheostatic, throatiest.

-4 letters: anchorets, anchorite, anoretics, anorthite, antechoir, carnotite, chantries, chattiest, consortia, corantoes, cornetist, coronates, corotates, cortisone, creations, interacts, isochrone, isooctane, northeast, orthicons, orthotics, orthotist, reactions, rotations, senhorita, snatchier, stationer, stonechat, taconites, tattooers, theatrics, theocrats, thionates, thorniest, toothiest, torchiest, tractions.

-5 letters: achiotes, aconites.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t"
 

+5 letters: photoreactivations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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