Definition of Shortcut
Shortcut
short·cut
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A route or method that saves time or effort.
e.g. She found a shortcut to the beach through the woods.
(noun)
broadly, a quicker and more direct means or method of doing or achieving something, often yielding results that are not as thorough as the usual method;
e.g. They learned a shortcut for reading a long document quickly, though it carried the chance of their missing details.
(noun)
(computing) a combination of keys on the keyboard of a computer that carry out a particular function when pressed, or a link to the location of some data such as a file or website that allows quick access to the data;
e.g. Most people know about the shortcut to copy and paste text. You can pin a shortcut to the website onto the home page of your browser.
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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." -- Beverly Sils
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