shorthand
ABBREVIATED SYMBOLIC WRITING METHOD
Stenography; Stenographic; Stenographer; Stenographers; Short Hand; Tachygraphy; Brachygraphy; Shorthand typist; Brachygraphic; Shorthand writing; Machine shorthand; Tachygraphic; Shorthandwriter; Shorthand writer; Stenotypist; Steno-typist
1.
Shorthand is a quick way of writing and uses signs to represent words or syllables. Shorthand is used by secretaries and journalists to write down what someone is saying.
Ben took notes in shorthand.
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You can use shorthand to mean a quick or simple way of referring to something.
'Third World' is an abstraction, a form of shorthand...
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