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shorthand

UK /ˈʃɔːthænd/US /ˈʃɔɹthænd/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 3

verb3

•
To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
- All the time she'd pretended to be fiddling with her purse over there behind the man, she'd been shorthanding him down—every word, every quotation, every date, every name. — 1947
•
To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
- [Dan] Brown shorthands the argument that Freemasonry really is inclusive through the personas and characters of Katherine Solomon and Warren Bellamy. — 2009
To write in shorthand.

noun2

•
A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
- A is denoted by a dot at the top of the Short-hand line; [...] The vowel a, in Short-hand, is used for the article a, or ah; [...] — 1796
•
Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
- The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

forms

shorthanded · shorthanding · shorthands

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