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shorthand
[ shawrt-hand ]
noun
- a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases ( longhand ).
- a simplified or makeshift manner or system of communication:
We spoke in a kind of pidgin shorthand to overcome the language barrier.
adjective
- using or able to use shorthand.
- written in shorthand.
- of or relating to shorthand.
shorthand
/ ˈʃɔːˌæԻ /
noun
- a system of rapid handwriting employing simple strokes and other symbols to represent words or phrases
- ( as modifier )
a shorthand typist
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shorthand1
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They have an easy shorthand that suggests a long history.
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The bird, in an inevitable shorthand created by the press, was given the sobriquet "Goldie", as he became headline news.
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The name has lately been taken up by a modern network of jovial California history lovers, shorthand name “The Clampers.”
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He told the Guardian newspaper he had "used shorthand" in a speech "over a decade ago".
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The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in Somalia.
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