Shorthand
['ʃɔːthænd] or ['ʃɔrthænd]
Definition
(noun.) a method of writing rapidly.
(adj.) written in abbreviated or symbolic form; 'shorthand notes' .
Inputed by Frances--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
Inputed by Conrad
Examples
- What a difficult kind of shorthand! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He had invented a shorthand of his own, which he taught me, but, not having practised it, I have now forgotten it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me his shorthand volumes of sermons to set up with, if I would learn shorthand. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Sonny,' he said, 'if these politicians had their speeches published as they deliver them, a great many shorthand writers would be out of a job. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was a shorthand writer, but seldom took down from Edison's dictation, unless it was on some technical subject that I did not understand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Morton