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shorthand Definition

short·hand (-hand′)

noun

any system of speed writing using quickly made symbols to represent letters, words, and phrases

adjective

using or written in shorthand

shorthand Synonyms

shorthand

n.

stenography, stenotype, speedwriting, phonography. see also handwriting.

Varieties of shorthand include: Pitman, Gregg, Fayet, Gabelsberger, Speedwriting;

shorthand Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • learn: She bristles at her mother's suggestion that she learn shorthand; she " hated the idea of serving men in any way " .
  • become: The term became shorthand for rebellious or simply boisterous youth.
  • use: To use the obvious shorthand, the Blue Train is the Orient Express of southern Africa.
  • do: My work skills also helped as I could already do shorthand and typing.
  • provide: This macro provides a convenient shorthand for the most common way to use these macros.
  • have: General PA duties as you would expect but must have shorthand.

Preposition: for

  • range: This is my shorthand for a range of issues which he deals with in several passages.

Adjective modifier

  • convenient: This macro provides a convenient shorthand for the most common way to use these macros.
  • visual: It was a form of ' visual shorthand ' which suggested abstract concepts as well particular stories.
  • useful: To my mind it can be a useful descriptive shorthand.
  • common: WWW WWW is common shorthand for the ' World Wide Web ' .
  • own: You might also use your own shorthand to help you record.

Modifies a noun

  • typist: My parents wanted me to be a shorthand typist.
  • notation: TWiki HTML Rendering TWiki converts shorthand notation to XHTML 1.0 for display.
  • notebook: Take them out of the shorthand notebook: tear them out, or remove the spiral.
  • writer: A unique number will be given by the official shorthand writers to each approved judgment issued out of these courts.
  • syntax: This is obviously expected to be a reasonably common thing to do, as there's a special shorthand syntax for it.
  • reporter: From 1827 to 1828 he was a law office clerk, and then worked as a shorthand reporter at Doctor's Commons.

Noun used with modifier

  • border: One may also use the border-top, border-width, or border shorthand properties.
  • machine: The delay varies from one to three seconds for verbatim phonetic machine shorthand, to around five seconds for edited input using qwerty.

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