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stenography

American  
[stuh-nog-ruh-fee] / stəˈnɒg rə fi /

noun

  1. the art of writing in shorthand.


stenography British  
/ stəˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. the act or process of writing in shorthand by hand or machine

  2. matter written in shorthand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of stenography

First recorded in 1595–1605; steno- + -graphy


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And she spends at least 18 hours a week practicing on her stenography machine—a specialized keyboard she likens to playing chords, which allows her to transcribe exceptionally fast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

But exploring women at middle-age and older, as she tends to do, is also a canny defense against those who might reduce a young woman’s work to mere autobiographical stenography.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

“The statistics are fans’ shorthand stenography for our stories,” Thorn said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021

Everything about it, the dramaturgy, the stenography, the facial expressions, all of it.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2017

The sister, who had taken on a job as a salesgirl, in the evening studied stenography and French, so as perhaps later to obtain a better position.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

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