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Plural of shorthand

regular plural

The plural of shorthand is shorthands.

Forms of shorthand

Singularshorthand /ˈʃɔːthænd/
Pluralshorthands
Countablecountable and uncountable

Shorthands in a sentence

  • When we borrow such shorthands, we are really referring to the Arapaho, Blackfeet, Chumash, Delaware, Eskimo, Flathead, Ghost Dancers, Hopi, Iowa—and so on through the rest of the alphabet right to the Yuma and Zuni.2004, Edwin S[cott] Gaustad, Leigh E. Schmidt, “Beginnings”, in The Religious History of America, revised edition, New York, N.Y....

Meaning of shorthand

  1. noun A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
  2. noun Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
  3. verb To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.

Full definition of shorthand

Questions about the plural of shorthand

What is the plural of shorthand?
The plural of shorthand is shorthands.
Is shorthand countable?
Shorthand is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shorthand (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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