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STENOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A machine for typewriting shorthand characters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stenograph" is a kind of...):
typewriter (hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A shorthand character
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stenograph" is a kind of...):
character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Write in shorthand
Example:
The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "stenograph" is one way to...):
write (mark or trace on a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
