shorthand

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Noun

shorthand (plural shorthands)

1. A compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography; phonography
2. any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something

   The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

Translations

a compendious and rapid method of writing

Czech: těsnopis (cs) m. Estonian: kiirkiri (et) Finnish: pikakirjoitus (fi) French: sténographie (fr) f. German: Kurzschrift (de) f.

Greek: ταχυγραφία (el) (tachygrafía) f. Hungarian: gyorsírás (hu) Russian: скоропись (ru) (skóropis') f. Slovak: rýchlopis m. Spanish: taquigrafía (es) f.

any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something

Icelandic: stytting (is) f.

See also

• longhand
• shorthanded