SHORTHAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shorthand mean? 

• SHORTHAND (noun)
  The noun SHORTHAND has 1 sense:

1. a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system

  Familiarity information: SHORTHAND used as a noun is very rare.

• SHORTHAND (adjective)
  The adjective SHORTHAND has 1 sense:

1. written in abbreviated or symbolic form

  Familiarity information: SHORTHAND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHORTHAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

shorthand; stenography; tachygraphy

Hypernyms ("shorthand" is a kind of...):

hand; handwriting; script (something written by hand)

• SHORTHAND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Written in abbreviated or symbolic form

Context example:

shorthand notes

Similar:

written (set down in writing in any of various ways)

 Context examples 

He and I sometimes write letters in shorthand, and he is keeping a stenographic journal of his travels abroad.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"Hard labor, sailorizing, run a type-writer, no shorthand, can sit on a horse, willing to do anything and tackle anything," was the answer.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

However, we find that we shall want no more evidence, for on being brought before the inspector at the station he asked leave to make a statement, which was, of course, taken down, just as he made it, by our shorthand man.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And there is also something about the shorthand symbols that makes it different from writing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He studied book-keeping and type-writing, and he paid for lessons in shorthand by dictating at night to a court reporter who needed practice.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Alas! I know not the shorthand.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I had thought, and I still think, that the best thing for you would be to study shorthand—you already know type-writing—and go into father's office.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I have heard her use the same tone when reading her shorthand notes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I felt quite excited over it, and blurted out:— Why, this beats even shorthand! May I hear it say something?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I am rusty in my shorthand—see what unexpected prosperity does for us—so it may be as well to freshen it up again with an exercise anyhow....

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)