noun
1 system of writing
VERB + SHORTHAND
▪ learn
▪ do ( BrE ), take
▪
Her secretary was taking ~.
▪ take sth down in , write sth down in
▪
He took the speech down in ~.
SHORTHAND + NOUN
▪ typist , writer (both BrE )
▪
A ~ writer will make a transcript.
▪ notes
▪ notation
2 quick way of talking about sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ convenient , useful
▪ visual
VERB + SHORTHAND
▪ use sth as
▪ become
▪
Smoking became visual ~ for ‘cool and rebellious’.
▪
Television drama had become popular ~ for gloominess.
SHORTHAND + NOUN
▪ description , term
▪
‘Free trade’ was a ~ term for a whole ideology.
▪ way
▪
a ~ way of talking about this situation
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
The term ‘machine’ is used as convenient ~ for the total hardware and software system.