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The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act or art of writing in shorthand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- stenography is no longer a marketable skill
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: handwriting
a method of writing rapidly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shorthand, tachygraphy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: handwriting, hand, script
From steno- (“narrow”) + -graphy.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
սղագրություն
(sġagrutʻyun)
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Bulgarian:
стеногра́фия
(stenográfija)
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Catalan:
taquigrafia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Catalan:
estenografia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Chinese Mandarin:
速記 /速记
(sùjì)
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Esperanto:
stenografio
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Finnish:
pikakirjoitus
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Finnish:
stenografia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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French:
sténographie
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Friulian:
stenografie
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Georgian:
სტენოგრაფია
(sṭenograpia)
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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German:
Stenographie
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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German:
Kurzschrift
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Greek:
στενογραφία
(stenografía)
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Hungarian:
gyorsírás
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Irish:
luathscríbhneoireacht
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Italian:
stenografia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Polish:
stenografia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Portuguese:
taquigrafia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Portuguese:
estenografia
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Romanian:
stenografie
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Russian:
стеногра́фия
(stenográfija)
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Serbo-Croatian:
бр̏зопӣс
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Serbo-Croatian:
bȑzopīs
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Spanish:
taquigrafía
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand
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Spanish:
estenografía
— the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand