Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art or process of writing in shorthand.
- noun Material transcribed in shorthand.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of writing by means of brief signs which represent single sounds, groups of sounds, whole words, or groups of words; shorthand; brachygraphy: a generic term embracing all systems of shorthand, or brief writing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The practice of
transcribing speech (primarily for laterdictation ortestimony ), usually usingshorthand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- noun the act or art of writing in shorthand
Etymologies
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Examples
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But at least it's not another piece of press-release stenography from the Real Estate Nerd. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds
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It is significant, however, that while the highest salary for a non-resident teacher has been only $1,400, "the best situation has been offered by an insurance company for a private secretary of high attainments in stenography and higher mathematics."
Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894
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That's what's known as "stenography" - come to me and tell me what you want me to say/print, don't expect me to ferret it out myself.
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Since the media is quick to jump on the Clinton bandwagon, expect to see the first round of reporting -- I mean "stenography" -- tilted in her favor.
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I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my own of writing half words, and leaving out some altogether so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in view, that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down.
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I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my own of writing half words, and leaving out some altogether so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in view, that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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-- I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my own of writing half words, and leaving out some altogether so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in view, that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down.
Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood James Boswell 1767
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-- I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my own of writing half words, and leaving out some altogether so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in view, that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down.
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767
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The technique is generally known as stenography, or a way to write hidden messages known only to the sender and recipient.
CSO 2010
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The technique is generally known as stenography, or a way to write hidden messages known only to the sender and recipient.
ARN News 2010
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