shrthnd

Noun

shorthand (countable and uncountable, plural shorthands)

1. A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
   • There is a Notion prevails among many People, to yͤ prejudice of all kinds of Short-hand; which is this. That when a Person sets down a Memorandum in his pocket Book in Short-hand, it is lost, in caſe of Death or any other accident, to yͤ rest of yͤ World, though it may contain things of great...1747 November 30, Aulay Macaulay, “Advertisement”, in Polygraphy or Short-hand Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity: Being an Universal Character Fitted to All Languages: […], London: Printed for the...

   Synonyms:

   brachygraphy, stenography, phonography

   Antonyms:

   longhand

2. (broadly) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
   • The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

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