tachygraphy
- noun
- /ˌtækɪˈɡrɑːfi/
- Archaic
:
taquigrafía
- She learned tachygraphy to take notes faster.
Examples
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Legal proceedings in some countries were once recorded using tachygraphy to keep up with rapid speech.
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Historians study ancient tachygraphy to decipher shorthand manuscripts from past centuries.
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He mastered tachygraphy so he could take lecture notes more efficiently.
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His tachygraphy skills impressed everyone in the meeting.
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He mastered tachygraphy to capture lecture notes quickly and accurately.
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Historians study ancient tachygraphy methods to understand shorthand texts from earlier eras.
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In courtrooms, tachygraphy is used to transcribe spoken words clearly and swiftly.
Synonyms
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6.0
A fast way of writing using symbols or short forms to record speech
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7.7
A way of writing speech quickly using short signs
How Fast
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
tachygraphy = tachy + graph + y
Although the word is historically built from elements meaning 'fast' and 'writing', those components are not transparent standalone English words for most learners.
Etymology
Tachygraphy comes from Greek parts tachy- meaning 'fast' and -graphy meaning 'writing', the same -graphy you see in photography. So tachygraphy is literally 'fast writing' and refers to shorthand used to write quickly while someone speaks.