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Meanings of shorthand in English

Russian
скорописание
Portuguese
taquígrafo
Catalan
taquigrafia
Spanish
estenografía
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A method of writing rapidly.

скорописание

Shorthand.

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Usage of shorthand in English
1
Political parties have become shorthand for far more than just policy preferences.
The new yorker
2
He described Rome in a frequent Jewish shorthand for tyrannical power, 'Babylon'.
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3
She was the only girl in the Five Towns who knew shorthand.
Hilda Lessways
4
It was a shorthand they both understand, born of many years together.
Ransom
5
The shorthand forms are one of the reasons SMS is so popular.
Wired
6
He took notes in shorthand most of the time I was talking.
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7
He'll devise a shorthand alphabet for quickly writing what people are saying.
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8
Spatola admits he knows German; he grows suspicious when shorthand is mentioned.
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9
I thought she was in Melbourne every day, doing shorthand and typing.
On the Beach
10
A German sentence was written in shorthand by Locke for his confederate.
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
11
The Hawke brand in Australian politics is a powerful bit of shorthand.
The Guardian
12
In these bonds, there is the emotional shorthand a shared experience creates.
The Irish Times
13
When you wrote these things down did you summarize, or use shorthand?
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14
For weeks I have been amusing myself by the study of shorthand.
Constance Dunlap
15
Or they may have been simply the amorous shorthand of that day.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
16
The shorthand are read into a dictaphone an his secretary transcribes the.
The new yorker
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Shorthand through the time
Shorthand across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common