shortcut
short
ˈʃɔrt
shawrt
cut
ˌkʌt
kat
/ʃˈɔːtkʌt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shortcut"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĨ

a quicker or more direct way of reaching a destination
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The map showed a shortcut that helped us get to the beach before sunset.
āĻŽāĻžāύāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ

a quicker or more efficient method to achieve a particular outcome or goal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a shortcut in the project to meet the deadline sooner.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āφāϗ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ•

(computing) an icon or link that provides quick access to a file, website, or program
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You can create a shortcut to your favorite website on your browser ’s toolbar.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāωāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ

(computing) a key or set of keys that quickly performs a specific function on a computer
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using Alt+Tab allows you to switch between open applications with a shortcut.
Alt+Tab āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āχāϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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