shorthand
US: /ˈʃɔɹtˌhænd/
UK: /ʃˈɔːthænd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
shorthand /'ʃɔ:thænd/- tính từ
- dùng tốc ký, ghi bằng tốc ký
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 (AmE also stenography) [U] a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what sb is saying: typing and shorthand + to take sth down in shorthand + a shorthand typist + shorthand notes + to do / learn shorthand
2 [U, C] ~ (for sth) a shorter way of saying or referring to sth, which may not be as accurate as the more complicated way of saying it
Collocation
1 system of writing
VERB + SHORTHAND
learn | do, take, take/write sth down in
Her secretary was taking shorthand. He took the speech down in shorthand.
| transcribe
SHORTHAND + NOUN
typist, writer
A shorthand writer will make a transcript.
| notes | notation
2 quick way of talking about sth
ADJ.
convenient, useful
VERB + SHORTHAND
use sth as
PREP.
~ for
The term ‘machine’ is used as a convenient shorthand for the total hardware and software system.
Concise dictionary
noun+a method of writing rapidly
adj.
+written in abbreviated or symbolic form
