shorthand
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.
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
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