8.4.2.1 A short time

Use this domain for words referring to a short time.

  • What words indicate that something happens for a short time?
    take a short time, be for a short time, brief, briefly, briefness
  • What words indicate that something happens for a very short time?
    moment, instant, point in time, instantaneous, instantaneously
  • What words refer to taking a short time to do something?
    be brief, be quick,
  • What do people say when they want someone to do something in a short time?
    be brief, don't take long, get it over with