shorthand
noun/ˈʃɔːthænd/
/ˈʃɔːrthænd/
- (North American English also stenography)[uncountable] a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what somebody is saying
- typing and shorthand
- in shorthand to take something down in shorthand
- a shorthand typist
- shorthand notes
- to do shorthand
Extra Examples- A shorthand writer will make a transcript.
- Her secretary was taking shorthand.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + shorthand- learn
- do
- take
- …
- typist
- writer
- notes
- …
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- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] shorthand (for something) a shorter way of saying or referring to something, which may not be as accurate as the more complicated way of saying it
- Smoking became visual shorthand for ‘cool and rebellious’.
Extra Examples- The term ‘machine’ is used as a convenient shorthand for the total hardware and software system.
- a shorthand way of talking about this situation
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- convenient
- useful
- visual
- …
- use something as
- become
- description
- term
- way
- …
- shorthand for
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