Shorthand

Quick meaning: Shorthand is a noun meaning A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

Meaning

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
2. (transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
3. (transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
4. (intransitive) To write in shorthand.

Example Sentences

A good Short-hand must be easy, swift, and legible.

In writing shorthand words are always to be spelled as they are sounded, and without any regard to orthography.

A is denoted by a dot at the top of the Short-hand line; [...] The vowel a, in Short-hand, is used for the article a, or ah; [...]

[...] I was soon convinced, that our articles a an the should also be omitted: especially as the two former are comparatively infrequent, and the latter a perpetual incumbrance in other Short-hands.

Word Forms

• shorthands
• short hand
• short-hand
• shorthanding
• shorthanded

Synonyms for shorthand

Depending on context, synonyms include brachygraphy, stenography, phonography, written.

Antonyms for shorthand

Common opposites include longhand.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stenography, written, tachygraphy, stenographer, transcript, abbreviation.

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