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noun
1.
a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases ( distinguished from longhand ).
2.
a simplified or makeshift manner or system of communication: We spoke in a kind of pidgin shorthand to overcome the language barrier.
adjective
3.
using or able to use shorthand.
4.
written in shorthand.
5.
of or pertaining to shorthand.
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| —n | |
| a. a system of rapid handwriting employing simple strokes and other symbols to represent words or phrases | |
| b. (as modifier): a shorthand typist | |
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Example sentences
She also writes all impersonal notes, takes longer letters in shorthand, and writes others herself after being told their purport.
The texts were transcribed by hand, a laborious process that encouraged typographical shorthand.
They had immediate shorthand that probably doesn't exist amongst writers of the other major regions.
Computer storage and printing costs have plummeted, so statements need no longer use shorthand for procedures and tests.
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