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stenography

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ste·nog·ra·phy  (st-ngr-f)
n.
1. The art or process of writing in shorthand.
2. The art or practice of transcribing speech with a stenograph machine.
3. Material transcribed in shorthand.
steno·graphic (stn-grfk), steno·graphi·cal (--kl) adj.
steno·graphi·cal·ly adv.
stenography
the art of writing in shorthand. — stenographer, stenographist, n. — stenographic, stenographical, adj.
See also: Writing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stenographystenography - a method of writing rapidly
shorthand, tachygraphy
handwriting, script, hand - something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
2.stenography - the act or art of writing in shorthand; "stenography is no longer a marketable skill"
handwriting - the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis"
Translations
French stenography [stɛˈnɔgrəfɪ] n (US) → sténo(graphie) f
German stenography [stɛˈnɔgrəfɪ] (US) n → Stenografie f
Italian stenography [stɛˈnɔgrəfɪ] n (US) → stenografia
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When she tried to extend the field of her activities in the direction of stenography and book-keeping her health broke down, and six months on her feet behind the counter of a department store did not tend to restore it.
Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context
She knew no more shorthand than if she had been a graduate in stenography just let slip upon the world by a business college.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Pickwick was sufficiently versed in the stranger's system of stenography to infer from this rapid and disjointed communication that he had, somehow or other, contracted an acquaintance with the All-Muggletons, which he had converted, by a process peculiar to himself, into that extent of good-fellowship on which a general invitation may be easily founded.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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