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shorthand::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | stenography, tachygraphy |
| Type of | hand, handwriting, script |
shorthand::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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shorthand notes.
Examples of shorthand
shorthand
They speak in their own shorthand about a prospective hire at one of their gyms.
From the theatlantic.com
The clean, upscale design became a shorthand for the company's mission at large.
From the businessweek.com
We have replaced quality with quantity, ushering in an era of shorthand culture.
From the newsobserver.com
I had hoped to take a shorthand note of his answers and address them one by one.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Now those investors are focused on something known in economic shorthand as QE2.
From the boston.com
As a young woman, Beth Tigner wrote in shorthand to keep her secrets to herself.
From the sacbee.com
The solution was a homegrown remedy that came to be known by its shorthand, ABC.
From the online.wsj.com
He's speaking, you know, economics shorthand and it's just not translating well.
From the npr.org
This game will have more shorthand titles and monikers than innings of baseball.
From the stltoday.com
- A method of writing rapidly
- Written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"
- The plus-minus sign (u00B1) is a mathematical symbol with multiple meanings.
- A compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography; phonography; any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something
- A writing system which uses short strokes or special symbols to represent letters or words to make note-taking much faster. The most common systems in English are Pitman, Gregg and Teeline.
- Use of symbols and abbreviations of words allowing the user to write at the speed of speech (e.g. Teeline and Pitman are the two most common systems used).
- A method of entering text using Transcriber.
- This refers to a poker game with six or fewer people.
- Any of several systems of abbreviated writing or writing that substitutes symbols for words and phrases. Shorthand was widely used in business until the introduction of mechanical and electronic devices for transmitting the human voice gradually made shorthand obsolete. ...
