short‧hand /ˈʃɔːthænd $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ noun [uncountable]

1. a fast method of writing using special signs or shorter forms to represent letters, words, and phrases
in shorthand
The reporter took notes in shorthand.
a secretary who takes shorthand (=writes in shorthand) ⇒ longhand

2. a shorter but less clear way of saying something
shorthand for
He’s been ‘relocated’, which is shorthand for ‘given a worse job a long way away’.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

shorthand
noun
I. system of writing
VERB + SHORTHAND learn | do, take, take/write sth down in Her secretary was taking shorthand. He took the speech down in shorthand.
transcribe
SHORTHAND + NOUN typist, writer A shorthand writer will make a transcript.
notes | notation

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

shorthand
II. quick way of talking about sth
ADJ. convenient, useful
VERB + SHORTHAND use sth as
PREP. ~ for The term ‘machine’ is used as a convenient shorthand for the total hardware and software system.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲