stenographic
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- adjective
- /ˌstɛnəˈgræfɪk/
- Specialized
- During the trial, the stenographic reporter documented all witness testimonies accurately.
- stenographic record
Examples
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I've transcribed it into my stenographic system.
Academic text (1999) -
As testimony is given, it is translated automatically from the court reporter's stenographic input into English.
Academic text (1993) -
There was no stenographic transcript of it.
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I am not speaking about taking down stenographic versions for characters' dialogue.
Academic text (1996) -
Politicians give other reasons for their actions, and stenographic reporters report them.
Academic text (2010) -
And lastly, I protest against the fact... that no stenographic records of this trial have been kept.
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According to the stenographic notes from the responsible committee in Sweden, the EU says that Sweden cannot use legal means to force banks to have larger buffers.
Blog text (33) -
The stenographic notes from the meeting helped capture every important detail.
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She used a stenographic machine to transcribe the lecture quickly.
Synonyms
Writing that uses a special short form to record speech quickly
Surface Forms
Morphology
stenographic = stenography (transparent) = stenography + ic
Standard adjective formation from the noun 'stenography' with the suffix '-ic', yielding 'relating to shorthand'.
Etymology
The word stenographic comes from Greek parts steno- meaning 'narrow' and -graph meaning 'write'. So it originally meant 'narrow writing', which fits today as a short, fast form of writing called 'shorthand'.