Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short hand

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English

Syllables: short- -hand
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of shorthand.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[...] I affirm, [...] that if any Person makes use of my long Short hand, which he will certainly do, in caſe he deſigns that what he writes should be read by another Person, it will be as legible to any one acquainted with this Art, as if it was writ in Round Hand."
"All ſhort Hands are ſubject to Ambiguity; for there being but 8 Marks to repreſent 24 Letters, and thoſe 8 being uſed for 8 of them in the Short Hand Alphabets, the other Letters muſt be deſcribed by Characters compounded of theſe 8."

Usage

Inflected Forms

short hands (plural)

Questions

What does short hand mean?: Alternative form of shorthand.

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