shorthand
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- adjective
- /ˈʃɔːrthænd/
- Specialized
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abreviado
- The rule of recognition is shorthand for the set of rules that provide the criteria for making valid law.
- shorthand label
- convenient shorthand
- shorthand reference
I'm giving you a, a shorthand version of what really is happening, but how much time I got.
- I'm giving you a, a shorthand version of what really is happening, but how much time I got.
- It's still a good shorthand way of describing the fact that we seem to be cursed with responsibility for our own destiny, at least to some degree.
- I mean, I think that the the shorthand kind of Google version of my story makes it look like all this stuff happened in a very compressed period of time.
Examples
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In key respects, the two-war standard is shorthand for ensuring we have that globally capable force in place.
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Popular culture is a shorthand way of describing the world outside the library stacks and beyond the campus gates.
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But but it is a very, it's an easy shorthand way to say, I have no idea how what you just did works.
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Well, it's just a shorthand way or an easy way for us to express very, very large or very, very small numbers.
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Well, you can just think of this as shorthand for saying Y given X equals little X.
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Repeating a party line is a shorthand way of avoiding real thought.
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At its simplest, modernity is a shorthand term for modern society or industrial civilization.
Academic text (2011) -
"Noncompliant" is doctor shorthand for patients who don't take their medications or follow medical recommendations.
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"Prison gerrymandering" is shorthand for the side effects of mass incarceration when states and localities draw electoral districts.
Academic text (2017) -
Using abbreviations in your notes is a shorthand method to capture ideas quickly.
Synonyms
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Using few words or lasting only a short time
Compounds
- Archaic
A person who writes or types what someone says quickly using short signs
How Abbreviated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shorthand (adjective) comes from the same parts short ('brief') and hand ('handwriting'), meaning writing made short and quick. So, when something is called shorthand it is written or shown in an abbreviated or symbolic form to save time.