This is shorthand writing, by means of which we can keep up with the talker.
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Shorthand
/ˈʃɔːthænd/
Synonyms for "shorthand" (83 found)
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Noun(9 words)
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italicizedkanakatakanalogogramlogographlonghandmanuscriptoghamon paperpenciledpennedphoneticphonetic symbolphonographypictogrampictographprintedradicalrunerunning
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Noun(10 words)
pitmanreducedshort formshort form notationshort form spellingshortenedsimplifiedsuccinctsuccinct notationtachygraphy
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12 entriesabbreviationabstractionbrevityconcisenesscondensationhandhandwritingnotationrepresentationscriptshort formwriting system
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16 entriesGregg shorthandPitman shorthandTeeline shorthandacronymbrief descriptioncompact representationcontractioninitialismlinguistic shorthandlogic shorthandmathematical shorthandscientific shorthandshort formsimplified modelsuccinct notesymbolic notation
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10 entriesGregg shorthandPitman shorthandabbreviated notesshorthand methodshorthand notationshorthand systemshorthand transcriptionshorthand writingspeed writingstenography system
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33 total sentences available.
This is shorthand.
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That girl couldn't take things down in longhand, let alone shorthand.
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I have decided to learn shorthand.
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