Usually means: Abbreviated symbolic writing method.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word shorthand:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. shorthand: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shorthand: Merriam-Webster
  3. shorthand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shorthand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shorthand: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shorthand: Vocabulary.com
  7. Shorthand, shorthand: Wordnik
  8. shorthand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. shorthand: Wiktionary
  10. shorthand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. shorthand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. shorthand: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. shorthand: Dictionary.com
  14. shorthand: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. shorthand: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Shorthand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Shorthand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. shorthand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. shorthand: Rhymezone
  20. shorthand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. shorthand: FreeDictionary.org
  22. shorthand: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. shorthand: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shorthand: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shorthand: Netlingo
  2. shorthand: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shorthand: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Shorthand: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
noun:  (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
verb:  (transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
verb:  (intransitive) To write in shorthand.

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