stenograph

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈstɛn.ə.ɡɹæf/ UK /ˈstɛn.ə.ɡɹɑːf/ See IPA manual

Freq #269015

Meanings

1

verb
to write down or report speech rapidly in shorthand

Mina hoped to stenograph the dictated letter and transcribe it that evening.
2

noun
a machine used to record speech in shorthand symbols, especially an early stenotype machine

The court reporter carried a portable stenograph into the hearing room.
3

noun
a shorthand character, passage, or other piece of writing produced by stenography

Only a trained clerk could read the dense stenograph in the notebook.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to write down or report... take downtranscribewrite in shorthand

2 noun · a machine used to record... stenotypeshorthand machine

3 noun · a shorthand character,... shorthand notestenogram

Word family

Related forms stenographer stenography stenographic shorthand

Etymology

Formed from steno-, from Greek stenos, 'narrow or compressed,' and -graph, 'something written or an instrument that records.' The elements describe compressed writing; the verb was also reinforced as a back-formation from stenographer.

Topics

Actions & Processes

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# stenograph

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈstɛn.ə.ɡɹæf/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstɛn.ə.ɡɹɑːf/
**Frequency rank:** 269015

## Meanings
1. to write down or report speech rapidly in shorthand
2. a machine used to record speech in shorthand symbols, especially an early stenotype machine
3. a shorthand character, passage, or other piece of writing produced by stenography

## Examples
- Mina hoped to stenograph the dictated letter and transcribe it that evening.
- The court reporter carried a portable stenograph into the hearing room.
- Only a trained clerk could read the dense stenograph in the notebook.

## Synonyms
- take down
- transcribe
- stenotype
- shorthand machine

## Related Forms
- stenographer
- stenography
- stenographic
- shorthand

## Etymology
Formed from steno-, from Greek stenos, 'narrow or compressed,' and -graph, 'something written or an instrument that records.' The elements describe compressed writing; the verb was also reinforced as a back-formation from stenographer.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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