Definition of shorthand in English:

shorthand

noun ˈʃɔːthandˈʃɔrtˌhænd

mass noun

1A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, used especially for taking dictation. The major systems of shorthand currently in use are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and (in the US) in 1888 by John R. Gregg (1867–1948)
he took notes in shorthand
as modifier a shorthand typist
Example sentencesExamples
- Otherwise, he would not be able to record the thoughts of Martin O'Neill, and would have to rely on shorthand skills.
- Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman shorthand system of writing, went up for sale.
- He cannot read shorthand and throws Harker's encrypted writings on the fire in disgust.
- Coleridge also gave lectures on general literature and philosophy, which have survived in the form of notes and shorthand reports.
- A shorthand system such as the Banff system is completely opaque to nonspecialists.
- The chemical formula provides a great deal of information about a substance in shorthand form.
- With the development of girls' education and the acquisition of typing and shorthand skills, women increasingly made their mark on this sector.
- When he was just 12, Mr Walton's father persuaded a local journalist to teach his son shorthand in the hope that it would open doors to a better career.
- For journalists, it could well signal the death-knell of the spiral-bound notebook with its copious shorthand notes.
- He and his brothers all helped out with reporting and were so skilled at shorthand that each could read the other's verbatim notes.
- Her tired assistant sat opposite her scribbling away on her notepad, writing in shorthand every word that her employer was saying.
- They condense complicated concepts into shorthand words and phrases, saving time.
- Each page on the pads is filled with all sorts of bizarre shorthand scribbled in a totally random fashion around the edges.
- Each supports the other by writing letters composed of little more than their own shorthand dialogue.
- These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of shorthand abbreviations.
- Part of the symphony was substantially complete, but the rest consisted of shorthand scribbles and anguished remarks in the margins.
- Well I guess they do have some shorthand or abbreviations but then, how do they remember them all?
- Sir Issac Pitman began the first correspondence course for his shorthand system.
- It never prevailed over the more popular Pitman system of shorthand, even though it was easier to write.
- He even went to great lengths to conceal his work by writing in cryptic shorthand or writing backwards.
Synonyms
scribble, scrawl, illegible writing, squiggles, jottings, writing
1. 1.1in singular A short and simple way of expressing or referring to something.
  poetry for him is simply a shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value
  Example sentencesExamples
  Have we adopted a convenient shorthand for a longer and more complete description of the object?
  Among the generals in the 1940s the shorthand for being arrested and beaten up was ‘having coffee with Beria’.
  It also defies commentators to find an easy generic shorthand for its mode of creation.
  Now Bollywood is almost a shorthand, a buzzword for one of the most happening trends in America.
  Aptitude is also a shorthand for social selection.
  But it is a useful shorthand that signals both the wider ways in which dearer petrol hurts our economy and the sense of malignity from a distance.
  Stories and our memory of them then provide both an interpretive function and a shorthand for the business of interpretation.
  It becomes a touchstone, something that people can refer to, use as a shorthand and take as a common foundation.
  The name Tony Soprano replaced Michael Corleone as shorthand for thug-like tactics.
  This is a convenient shorthand for certain important developments which have impacted English studies in India.
  My flatmate and I use ‘dutch’ as a shorthand for anything we disapprove of.
  Hinduism is not a unified system of belief and practice, and should at best be regarded as a convenient shorthand for a complex social and cultural phenomenon.
  This focus seems to have gone from a useful shorthand to an obsession.
  While part two gives you a nice shorthand to get your point across, part one precludes the fact that something doesn't have to be new to be good.
  While this may be a simplified description, it provides a useful shorthand to examine the very different approaches of different disciplines.
  It doesn't often happen but when it does, the slogan provides a shorthand for the entire campaign.
  Every meaningless name became shorthand for a certain class status.

Definition of shorthand in US English:

shorthand

nounˈSHôrtˌhandˈʃɔrtˌhænd

1A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, used especially for taking dictation. The major systems of shorthand are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and in 1888 by John R. Gregg (1867–1948).
Example sentencesExamples
- Otherwise, he would not be able to record the thoughts of Martin O'Neill, and would have to rely on shorthand skills.
- These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of shorthand abbreviations.
- The chemical formula provides a great deal of information about a substance in shorthand form.
- Each supports the other by writing letters composed of little more than their own shorthand dialogue.
- He cannot read shorthand and throws Harker's encrypted writings on the fire in disgust.
- Well I guess they do have some shorthand or abbreviations but then, how do they remember them all?
- With the development of girls' education and the acquisition of typing and shorthand skills, women increasingly made their mark on this sector.
- He even went to great lengths to conceal his work by writing in cryptic shorthand or writing backwards.
- Each page on the pads is filled with all sorts of bizarre shorthand scribbled in a totally random fashion around the edges.
- Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman shorthand system of writing, went up for sale.
- When he was just 12, Mr Walton's father persuaded a local journalist to teach his son shorthand in the hope that it would open doors to a better career.
- Her tired assistant sat opposite her scribbling away on her notepad, writing in shorthand every word that her employer was saying.
- Coleridge also gave lectures on general literature and philosophy, which have survived in the form of notes and shorthand reports.
- He and his brothers all helped out with reporting and were so skilled at shorthand that each could read the other's verbatim notes.
- For journalists, it could well signal the death-knell of the spiral-bound notebook with its copious shorthand notes.
- Part of the symphony was substantially complete, but the rest consisted of shorthand scribbles and anguished remarks in the margins.
- Sir Issac Pitman began the first correspondence course for his shorthand system.
- They condense complicated concepts into shorthand words and phrases, saving time.
- A shorthand system such as the Banff system is completely opaque to nonspecialists.
- It never prevailed over the more popular Pitman system of shorthand, even though it was easier to write.
Synonyms
scribble, scrawl, illegible writing, squiggles, jottings, writing
1. 1.1in singular A short and simple way of expressing or referring to something.
  poetry for him is simply a shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value
  Example sentencesExamples
  Every meaningless name became shorthand for a certain class status.
  Stories and our memory of them then provide both an interpretive function and a shorthand for the business of interpretation.
  But it is a useful shorthand that signals both the wider ways in which dearer petrol hurts our economy and the sense of malignity from a distance.
  Hinduism is not a unified system of belief and practice, and should at best be regarded as a convenient shorthand for a complex social and cultural phenomenon.
  While this may be a simplified description, it provides a useful shorthand to examine the very different approaches of different disciplines.
  It also defies commentators to find an easy generic shorthand for its mode of creation.
  The name Tony Soprano replaced Michael Corleone as shorthand for thug-like tactics.
  This focus seems to have gone from a useful shorthand to an obsession.
  My flatmate and I use ‘dutch’ as a shorthand for anything we disapprove of.
  This is a convenient shorthand for certain important developments which have impacted English studies in India.
  While part two gives you a nice shorthand to get your point across, part one precludes the fact that something doesn't have to be new to be good.
  Have we adopted a convenient shorthand for a longer and more complete description of the object?
  Among the generals in the 1940s the shorthand for being arrested and beaten up was ‘having coffee with Beria’.
  Now Bollywood is almost a shorthand, a buzzword for one of the most happening trends in America.
  It doesn't often happen but when it does, the slogan provides a shorthand for the entire campaign.
  It becomes a touchstone, something that people can refer to, use as a shorthand and take as a common foundation.
  Aptitude is also a shorthand for social selection.

单词	shorthand
释义	Definition of shorthand in English: shorthand noun ˈʃɔːthandˈʃɔrtˌhænd mass noun 1A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, used especially for taking dictation. The major systems of shorthand currently in use are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and (in the US) in 1888 by John R. Gregg (1867–1948) he took notes in shorthand as modifier a shorthand typist Example sentencesExamples Otherwise, he would not be able to record the thoughts of Martin O'Neill, and would have to rely on shorthand skills. Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman shorthand system of writing, went up for sale. He cannot read shorthand and throws Harker's encrypted writings on the fire in disgust. Coleridge also gave lectures on general literature and philosophy, which have survived in the form of notes and shorthand reports. A shorthand system such as the Banff system is completely opaque to nonspecialists. The chemical formula provides a great deal of information about a substance in shorthand form. With the development of girls' education and the acquisition of typing and shorthand skills, women increasingly made their mark on this sector. When he was just 12, Mr Walton's father persuaded a local journalist to teach his son shorthand in the hope that it would open doors to a better career. For journalists, it could well signal the death-knell of the spiral-bound notebook with its copious shorthand notes. He and his brothers all helped out with reporting and were so skilled at shorthand that each could read the other's verbatim notes. Her tired assistant sat opposite her scribbling away on her notepad, writing in shorthand every word that her employer was saying. They condense complicated concepts into shorthand words and phrases, saving time. Each page on the pads is filled with all sorts of bizarre shorthand scribbled in a totally random fashion around the edges. Each supports the other by writing letters composed of little more than their own shorthand dialogue. These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of shorthand abbreviations. Part of the symphony was substantially complete, but the rest consisted of shorthand scribbles and anguished remarks in the margins. Well I guess they do have some shorthand or abbreviations but then, how do they remember them all? Sir Issac Pitman began the first correspondence course for his shorthand system. It never prevailed over the more popular Pitman system of shorthand, even though it was easier to write. He even went to great lengths to conceal his work by writing in cryptic shorthand or writing backwards. Synonyms scribble, scrawl, illegible writing, squiggles, jottings, writing 1.1in singular A short and simple way of expressing or referring to something. poetry for him is simply a shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value Example sentencesExamples Have we adopted a convenient shorthand for a longer and more complete description of the object? Among the generals in the 1940s the shorthand for being arrested and beaten up was ‘having coffee with Beria’. It also defies commentators to find an easy generic shorthand for its mode of creation. Now Bollywood is almost a shorthand, a buzzword for one of the most happening trends in America. Aptitude is also a shorthand for social selection. But it is a useful shorthand that signals both the wider ways in which dearer petrol hurts our economy and the sense of malignity from a distance. Stories and our memory of them then provide both an interpretive function and a shorthand for the business of interpretation. It becomes a touchstone, something that people can refer to, use as a shorthand and take as a common foundation. The name Tony Soprano replaced Michael Corleone as shorthand for thug-like tactics. This is a convenient shorthand for certain important developments which have impacted English studies in India. My flatmate and I use ‘dutch’ as a shorthand for anything we disapprove of. Hinduism is not a unified system of belief and practice, and should at best be regarded as a convenient shorthand for a complex social and cultural phenomenon. This focus seems to have gone from a useful shorthand to an obsession. While part two gives you a nice shorthand to get your point across, part one precludes the fact that something doesn't have to be new to be good. While this may be a simplified description, it provides a useful shorthand to examine the very different approaches of different disciplines. It doesn't often happen but when it does, the slogan provides a shorthand for the entire campaign. Every meaningless name became shorthand for a certain class status. Definition of shorthand in US English: shorthand nounˈSHôrtˌhandˈʃɔrtˌhænd 1A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, used especially for taking dictation. The major systems of shorthand are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and in 1888 by John R. Gregg (1867–1948). Example sentencesExamples Otherwise, he would not be able to record the thoughts of Martin O'Neill, and would have to rely on shorthand skills. These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of shorthand abbreviations. The chemical formula provides a great deal of information about a substance in shorthand form. Each supports the other by writing letters composed of little more than their own shorthand dialogue. He cannot read shorthand and throws Harker's encrypted writings on the fire in disgust. Well I guess they do have some shorthand or abbreviations but then, how do they remember them all? With the development of girls' education and the acquisition of typing and shorthand skills, women increasingly made their mark on this sector. He even went to great lengths to conceal his work by writing in cryptic shorthand or writing backwards. Each page on the pads is filled with all sorts of bizarre shorthand scribbled in a totally random fashion around the edges. Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman shorthand system of writing, went up for sale. When he was just 12, Mr Walton's father persuaded a local journalist to teach his son shorthand in the hope that it would open doors to a better career. Her tired assistant sat opposite her scribbling away on her notepad, writing in shorthand every word that her employer was saying. Coleridge also gave lectures on general literature and philosophy, which have survived in the form of notes and shorthand reports. He and his brothers all helped out with reporting and were so skilled at shorthand that each could read the other's verbatim notes. For journalists, it could well signal the death-knell of the spiral-bound notebook with its copious shorthand notes. Part of the symphony was substantially complete, but the rest consisted of shorthand scribbles and anguished remarks in the margins. Sir Issac Pitman began the first correspondence course for his shorthand system. They condense complicated concepts into shorthand words and phrases, saving time. A shorthand system such as the Banff system is completely opaque to nonspecialists. It never prevailed over the more popular Pitman system of shorthand, even though it was easier to write. Synonyms scribble, scrawl, illegible writing, squiggles, jottings, writing 1.1in singular A short and simple way of expressing or referring to something. poetry for him is simply a shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value Example sentencesExamples Every meaningless name became shorthand for a certain class status. Stories and our memory of them then provide both an interpretive function and a shorthand for the business of interpretation. But it is a useful shorthand that signals both the wider ways in which dearer petrol hurts our economy and the sense of malignity from a distance. Hinduism is not a unified system of belief and practice, and should at best be regarded as a convenient shorthand for a complex social and cultural phenomenon. While this may be a simplified description, it provides a useful shorthand to examine the very different approaches of different disciplines. It also defies commentators to find an easy generic shorthand for its mode of creation. The name Tony Soprano replaced Michael Corleone as shorthand for thug-like tactics. This focus seems to have gone from a useful shorthand to an obsession. My flatmate and I use ‘dutch’ as a shorthand for anything we disapprove of. This is a convenient shorthand for certain important developments which have impacted English studies in India. While part two gives you a nice shorthand to get your point across, part one precludes the fact that something doesn't have to be new to be good. Have we adopted a convenient shorthand for a longer and more complete description of the object? Among the generals in the 1940s the shorthand for being arrested and beaten up was ‘having coffee with Beria’. Now Bollywood is almost a shorthand, a buzzword for one of the most happening trends in America. It doesn't often happen but when it does, the slogan provides a shorthand for the entire campaign. It becomes a touchstone, something that people can refer to, use as a shorthand and take as a common foundation. Aptitude is also a shorthand for social selection.
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